Painting Wicker Baskets With A Paintbrush
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Turn your plain and ordinary baskets into something extraordinary. It's easier than you think.
I started with plain hyacinth baskets, but wanted to add a touch of color to them.
I started with plain hyacinth baskets, but wanted to add a touch of color to them. had no clue if this was going to work or not. I wrapped the Frogtape around the basket. Make sure you follow actual height dimensions and not the weave of the basket because sometimes that weave isn’t very straight. I ran my fingers along the edge of the tape to help it stick as well as it could to the wicker. I used my 1 inch wide acrylic craft paintbrush and started with the white (Sheepskin). This paint was awesome! I wasn’t sure if it would bleed into the wicker or how well it was going to cover when I started.
As soon as I finished going around the basket, I removed the tape immediately before the paint dried so it wouldn’t pull the paint with the tape. I’m happy to report there was no bleeding and one coat is all it took! You can see above that I carried the paint a little to the bottom and I did my best to cover the wicker, but there are places I just could do with a brush; but you know what? It looks fabulous, regardless!
I added more tape, directly over the white and a bit above so I could paint a narrow stripe of navy (nautical). Make sure the white paint is thoroughly dried before taping over it!
Again, remove the tape immediately. This paint dries quickly. I really loved the white and navy, but I decided to do a bit of aqua (Cascade), to go with the aqua blue that was on the walls.
So here are the finished baskets with only one coat of paint for each color.
Just enough of a little color, without overdoing it!
This is the best photo I could find of the same baskets before I painted them.
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I will try this with my plain baskets. Great idea for a small pop of color!!!
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I did this a few years ago with my 12 year old granddaughter.
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