Primitive Bench

Here’s the latest addition to my items for sale in my Booth #555 at the Peddlers Mall. It’s a piano bench that I redid into the primitive theme.

And here it was before the makeover:

I first I tried to leave it in the off whiteish/light brown base with sage stars and red writing, and then I hated it!

Next, I painted it all over again in the black and loved it. Especially after I took sand paper and scruffed up all the edges to make it a little worn looking.

And here it is again, the second time I tried, lol. And definitely the best of the two.

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  And here’s a few other things that I’m working on and will be putting in my booth this week, if’ you’d like to take a look: 

 

If you’d like to see another one of my piano bench remakes, here’s the link:

Old Piano Bench Repurposed

Happy Crafting Ya’ll!

Old Piano Bench Repurposed

This is a photo of my finished piano bench. I’m still searching my camera for the before, which I do have somewhere in the 10 million photos.lol.

I basically took the old, dry looking, plain wood piano bench and started off with a good thick coat of black, outdoor paint. I wanted to give it a coating that will stand for some time. Even though it’s an indoor item, I do that very often.

Then I waited an entire day for it to dry outside, (note this was a project from the summer.) Then I hunted through my stencil drawer to see what would look cute. I had my mind set on some type of checkerboard, but I didn’t want to use the large one this time. So I thought about it. And figured that maybe the buyer of this could store their game boards in it. So I went with the theme of, “Old Crow Game Board Co.” And threw in the miniature checkerboard.

Then I ruffed up the edges with sand paper on almost every edge. Then lastly, after all was dusted with a dry rag, to remove the sanding dust. I coated the entire top with a matte sealer.

I was happy to see this item fly from my Booth #555 within just a few days. I believe the sale price was $24.99, not positive, but pretty sure. It makes me super happy when someone buys my hand painted items that quick. Keeps me in the mood for painting more.

~Happy Crafting!