You Shall Go to the Ball (with Efex)
2 Materials
$100
2 Days
Medium
- Look what I found! I have been wanting to this kind of ladies dresser for so long and was so excited to drag her home with me.
- I had recently updated a Gentleman's Dresser (Blog post: A New Suit for a Gentleman) and now it was time to get some pretty on.
- I sat and stared at her for a while and knew exactly what I needed to do. She reminded me of something from the Georgian era even though she was made in 1950.
- she is quite cute but she was going to go to a ball and needed something to twirl
- I brought out my collection of bendable mouldings by Efex Mouldings
- Lay them on the drawers on the floor and brought my idea to fruition.
- Here is my design, I stick the appliques on with masking tape until I am sure I like it. Then I cut!
- The beauty of these bendable moulds is that you cut them with regular scissors, you can cut them up and add bits to other bits
- Once you have your design planned and cut now is the time to glue, be careful and wear gloves!
- You can use a 'super glue' or a contact cement
- Once glued in place and fixed I then paint all over the surface and the mould to embed the moulding and make it look like it has always been there!
- When dry I then picked around the moulding with a soft green. Use a small artist brush if you need to
- When all is dry I highlighted the raised parts with gilding wax in Renaissance Gold and a little copper paint
- And here she is all prettied up, now she can go to the ball
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- Here is a video I did showing the dresser and a couple of other items. Have fun! You can buy the mouldings here Efex
- A before and after view!
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
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it has a charming and magical look !!
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Lovely!!!
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