Lazy Susan Makeover (there's UnicornSPiT Involved)
by
Terry
3 Materials
2 Hours
Easy
I really like the lazy susans--I might even be obsessed with them. Whenever I see one at a garage sale or thrift store I'm after it. The last one I madeover was actually a gift and I covered it in mosaics. It turned out really nice. This time I am making over an old fondue server. It is a lazy susan with indentations for about eight small containers with a second level to hold the fondue pot. The fondue pot has long ago rusted away and the small containers are perfect for mise en place when I 'm cooking so they are in my kitchen and being well used. I'm a big fan of UnicornSPiT so, let me show you what I did.
First thing I did was disassemble the lazy susan so I could reassemble it and turn the large indented side over so I could use the smooth side. I sanded most of the finish off as you can see in this picture. This susan is about 20 inches wide. For projects of your own, you can purchase a wood round at one of the local big box stores and a lazy susan hardware assembly there or on Amazon. You can even use one of those plastic turntables for the base. Anyway, I digress.
Now for the fun part. I kept the upper level off while I worked on it. I got out my UnicornSPiT gel stains and tapped small dots of purple (Purple Hill Majesty) on the board using my fingers. Then I took those same fingers and wiped lines of stain along the grain. It's hard to explain exactly what I did because I was in constant motion during this step as I didn't want the stain to make dots--I wanted lines. I had to get a cup of water and wet a rag to get the stain to blend the way I wanted it to. I was going for a watercolor look. (I'm thinking this would have been a great small project to use the stain press technique--go to unicornspit.com to purchase the product and see videos of various techniques.)
Next, I added some green (Dragons Belly).
Then turquoise (Zia Teal) and small amounts of blue (Blue Thunder). I spent quite a while adding these colors and blending with the water and a wet rag. Once I got the look I wanted, I let it dry and then wiped some Tung Oil on.
I like Tung Oil, but it never leaves a vibrant enough finish when I'm using UnicornSPiT so next I painted on clear, satin polyurethane.
I put the upper level back on.
But, I had a cool turquoise insulator and thought that might be an unusual look for the middle. What do you think? I really liked the look, but couldn't figure out what I would do with just the insulator in the middle (flowers? a succulent?).
I ended up going with the two-level lazy susan. I can put condiments on the larger bottom level and something else (wine? water?) on the upper level.
Right now it just holds a candle waiting for guests.
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I love this! I'm going to have to keep my out for one of these and try this. Thanks for sharing.
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Love how all the colors look together!
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