Restyle a Thrift Store Wooden Bowl
7 Materials
$12
4 Hours
Easy
I found a wooden bowl at Goodwill for $2.25, just perfect to re-style into the look of an artisan inspired hand painted pedestal piece!
Begin by wiping down the bowl with a soap and water dampen cloth to remove any dirt and grim and let dry. You really don't need to sand the finish since it's going to be covered with chalk paint.
For the pedestal, glue on a wooden circular shape base and then . . .
the pedestal stand to the bottom of the bowl using RapidFuse Multi Purpose glue and let dry for about a half an hour.
Next, paint the entire pedestal bowl in a soft white chalk paint.
Since I love the look of hand painted motifs on bowls and trays but can't draw or artistically paint a lick, I found a free to download flower design online that appeared to be hand painted. While the painted pedestal bowl was drying, I re-sized the image into several different sizes - and
printed them out using a laser printer. *You can't use a jet ink printer for this since the colors will bleed.
Cut the flower images out and position them on the pedestal bowl starting at the base. Then paint Mod Podge on the flowers to make them pliable and easily movable, placing the flowers in position and smoothing out any wrinkles as you brush on more Mod Podge. Continue to add flower cut-outs up and over the edge into the center bowl. Repeat the process of adding decoupage glue to the flowers, smoothing out and letting them dry.
Once dry, apply additional coats of Mod Podge to the flowers and then let everything dry completely.
And finally, apply a varnish to seal the entire bowl.
What a wonderful way to re-style a thrift store wooden bowl!
Have fun transforming your thrift store finds to fit your style and taste!
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I love this, so pretty. I cannot draw a straight line so I wonder if detailing would work.
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I love it and those flowers are perfect for that bowl!
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Thanks, Maude! I think so too! I was really lucky to find that flower design!
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Beautiful. What was the link for the flower you printed?
I love it it's so beautiful now what kind of flowers did you use?
Hi! Great transformation!! Is it food safe?