I hope you are all enjoying the beautiful weather, as I have been. I’m
quite excited to share with you all the wonderful
project I've been working on. I have been so excited
about doing this for the last month, since I found this little treasure at the
Goodwill…
It made me wonder
through. What is about the vintage? The Old French Country? The Antiques, that we find that excites us
and makes us want to restore or remake them to into something beautiful,
something that feels as if it’s from days Gone by?I have in my home a
beautiful little floral tray with handles and an edge. I love it!!!
I prepare my noon meal, snack or an early supper and place it on my old floral tray, along with my napkin, my drink, the salt and pepper and butter and take it to wherever I feel like
dining. Whether on the front porch, on the couch, down to the garden, or even
here at my desk. Did I mention, I love it?
I don’t know if it is so much the tray or the joy of preparing it and
then feasting from it as if I was Jane Austin’s “Emma” in the garden and the
cook had just brought it to me. I believe it is that feel of yester year that is
so simply and elegantly irresistible..
That for those 15-30 minutes were transported back in time… Maybe it’s just
me!! But if sounds like you too, you’ll love the project I’m sharing with you
today!
So here it is! I
happened upon this rather tattered , well-used wooden tray at my favorite
thrift store. It had wear, some water
mark a few scratches, but over all the bones of it were quite good and I
believed with a little chalk paint and some work it could be possible my new
little favorite luxury.. Did I mention the price? Oh yes, it was a little more
than I usually pay, it was $2.99, but I decided it would be worth it.
So as much as I would
love to have some of Ms. Annie Sloan’s beautiful Chalk paint and wax, I simply
can not afford it. So, I searched for alternatives to achieve the same type of
finish and found that Lowe’s carries Behr’s version of Chalk paint, a sample
container for only 4.99!!! Everybody has told
me a little goes a long way so I decided to test the theory. And, I am
pleased to say I was very happy with the results.. What do you think?
So here’s what I did;
Sanded the tray and
wiped clean with damp cloth
Applied 2 coats of
Behr’s White Linen Chalk Paint (only took 1/3 of the sample)
Sanded the edges....(distressed it) to my liking
Applied regular wood
wax for light woods rubbed it in then wiped of any excess. Waited for an hour then applied Clear Polyurethane That’s it!!!
Used it
twice already. I hope you enjoy making
something that speaks to your heart today!
The best part of my little tray Re-do; total cost for this project approx. $5.50, given that I have two-thirds of the
chalk paint left. What fun I am going to have deciding how
to use it!
I hope you all have a
Heavenly day!
