Mirror Frame Into Antiqued Chalkboard
by
Country Chic Paint
(IC: professional)
Robin from Redo It Yourself Inspirations turned a curbside find into this incredible antique chalkboard for her home with Liquorice, Devotion, and antiquing wax!
This curbed mirror frame first appeared really nice so I took it home. I found out it was laminate. But, it would make a great chalkboard, regardless of the quality. I decided to make it appear antique so I sanded the clear finish a bit to take on the paint.
Then, sanded the roughed up spots and taped the framework for painting.
I planned on red for color. Using Devotion on just the frame itself, I thinned it with water so the wood grain showed slightly. For the top and the bottom of the frame, I chose Liquorice; also thinned with water for the same affect.
Worried that the laminate would warp or ripple, I watched it carefully in case I needed to save it.
It covered the appliques nicely too.
I touched up the raw areas with gel stain and wiped it off. For the Liquorice painted areas, I rubbed in clear wax to seal the paint, then used dark antiquing wax on the red paint.
Being a chalkboard, I felt it needed a tray of some sort. I had this scrap piece of a wooden fruit dish in my stash. I thought cutting it to attach it to the chalkboard would serve the purpose. Cutting it in half would create one cubby for business cards and the other to hold chalk.
Doing just that, cutting from outside corner straight over to the other outside corner made it fit as a floating cubby. Sanding them slightly and applying dark wax before attaching them prevented any messes or mistakes on the board.
I like how the paint worked on this project. All of the painted areas blended very nicely. The junky laminate became classy.
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Published June 15th, 2015 11:18 AM
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