A Colorful Take on a Repurposed Bench
I had purchased this bench at a flea market a few months ago for my garden. I wanted to create something colorful and quirky with a bohemian vibe for my front yard among all of our greenery. I had no direction, The first time I painted it, it was a bright yellow and I wasn't feeling it. So I went back outside with my stains, acrylics, and paint brushes. Put on some Van Morrison and let my mind wander and this is what I ended up with. I love it, it's not for everyone but if I wanted a manufactured copy of a bench that everyone has I wouldn't have painted it. I like my things like I like my people.... with quirks, imperfections, and a personality of it's own which is definitely how this piece turned out, and of course I couldn't leave it in my garden without a quote... "Be still, and the earth will speak to you". You can see the process of how to get this look on the blog.
To get this look I sprayed it with white, then a yellow on the wood pieces. I then sanded it down a bit and put various colors of acrylic done sporadically. After that I dry brushed some white on top and sanded it down. I then went in with a green stain that I had laying around and went over all the colors numerous times. I wanted it to look a bit aged so I then went over it with some dark brown stain. For the leaves I painted them with acrylic paints and then lightly brushed on a dark brown stain.
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I used acrylics and then went over it with a dark brown stain.
To get this look I went through several steps that you can read on the blog.
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Oh wow that is so pretty! I love it!
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This the most serene looking thing I have ever seen, it is amazing in that I can stare at it for at least a hour and do not want to quit lol. It mellows me out so much. Thank you for thinking of the idea and then putting it all together.
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