Happy Friday everyone, I hope you all had a great week & are looking forward to an even better weekend. I know I am. We are having Deer Widows Ladies Night at Collette's Vintage & Antique Mall tomorrow where I have my booth. I have been super busy getting all stocked up for this event.
A few weeks ago I found a couple of nice roadside treasures in my neighborhood. Four cabinet doors, two were all wood & two had glass panes. I decided to start with the glass doors first. Here is what I started with:
After a good scrubbing & scraping, I gave it a coat of Black, followed by a coat of Old White. Then I did a wet sand (with a scrubby sponge) & rubbed on a couple of coats of clear wax. Now it was time to decide exactly what to do with this little treasure. There are a 101 things you can do with an old window, just look on Pinterest if you need some inspiration.
I knew I wanted to do one of those cool "Menu" boards, so I went to my favorite graphic site, Graphics Fairy. I printed it out in the Mirror image in the right size & taped it to the front side, turned it over & painted it in with a paint pen.
Graphic taped on the front side. |
I always wanted to use this graphic. I just love how it turned out.
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I attached a Black Dry Erase Marker on the side with Velcro after I took this picture. I have one more door just like this one, I think I'll try a different color on that one.
Here is another window I painted using the same Frosted paint.
Can't wait to try this on some piece of trash or treasure.
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ReplyDeleteHi, it looks great! Did you use a water-based paint pen? I've never used these before, but I see Michael's has a few different type. Is water-based ok to use for this? Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteHi Dee, I love your painted stuff. You are so talented. Where did you get the paint pen. I would love to have one (or two). I'm just stopping by to say how delightful your blog is. Thanks so much for sharing. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chris
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Hi Chris, the paint pen I use is a "Permapaque" Marker. It's water-based & comes in alot of colors. I order them online thru Amazon. Thanks for following & I would be happy to follow back. Dee
DeleteLove it Dee!!! Your pretty wreath was featured on Collette's facebook page this morning!!!
ReplyDeleteVery cool! Love that menu graphic!
ReplyDeleteI am in love with your window transformations! What a great idea! Love the graphics you used, and the frosted glass is the icing on the cake:)
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This is such a great idea! I have a few of those around here myself. Now I have some great ideas of what to do with them. Thanks so much for sharing, will be featuring at my party later today! -K
ReplyDeleteDee, I love this idea. I work with a lot of windows and have been wanting to venture out with new ideas. I have half a garage full of different styles of old windows. (compliments of contractors redoing old houses)! I've got one already prepped and waiting for an idea. It's a 30 x 32 one pane.....need to paint the frame and distress but that will just take time..enough time for me to sketch out what I want. We have a H/Lobby here in town. I love it!
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