This is the spindle I bought. That outdated finish has to go!
And here it is after a couple of quick coats of ivory acrylic paint and a coat of "Crackle" (this is sooooo easy - 1 part water mixed with 10 parts white school glue). I let the acrylic dry between coats and again before adding the glue mixture. Then I let the glue mix dry just until it was tacky before I painted on my final color.
I used the brown paint I had from my buffet redo and mixed it with enough black to give it a nice dark shade.
And, here it is!
Love it on my ceiling tin shelf. You may have noticed the ball on top has holes drilled in it. I'm going to look for something to pop into those to hold small "antiqued" pictures. But, on a high shelf it really doesn't have to have anything.
3 comments:
To live on 100 acres, that would be my husbands dream life! Thanks for commenting on my sight about the pictures I couldn't post. I tried that but, it only put them all in a row and I was trying to mix them among the text. I have a friend to call that said she would help! I looked at the sight you used to make the blog "cute". I may look into that also! Gardening season coming soon! Yeah!
That spindle turned out great and looks so nice on your shelf. It sounds like that crackle technique is the way to go. Thanks for the info.
Midge
It is so much fun to find your site! Am glad to hear you are enjoying the Junk Revolution Community message boards! I have a million projects I want to work on as well. I am hoping to learn some gardening tips for junk projects this week. My thumb is not as green as yours I'm afraid!
Peace,
Ki
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