Découpaged Box Shelf / Drawer Tidy

Last year I found these little boxes in my local Euro store and bought two of them.  I put them aside and forgot all about them until I was doing a clean-up of my craft studio recently and came across them again. As you can see from the pictures below, they originally had some black printed motifs on the inside sections of the box.
 

I decided it was time to pretty them up so I painted one of them taupe using some chalk paint.  It took a few coats to cover the black printed motifs but eventually they disappeared.  I used two different types of napkins and some floral paper to découpage the interior sections of the box, a different pattern for each section.  I sealed it with a couple of coats of sealant and it is now ready to hang on a wall as mini shelves or on a desk or kitchen counter top as a tidy, or even a jewellery box. I think this one looks real cute.  I've still got the second one to do so don't forget to drop by to have a look real soon.

Bye for now

Chest of Drawers Makeover - Distressing

Easter took up quite a bit of time in my schedule and I did enjoy every minute decorating the eggs and making the little bags.  However, I'm delighted to get back to the furniture - the pine chest of drawers was what I was working on last (among other things!) and as I have a queue of other things to do I'd better get along with it!

It it coming along nicely and in the pics below you can see where I have put the knobs back and started some distressing at the edges.  A little more distressing around the drawers next and then I will move on to the next stage. Looking good so far.  Hope you enjoy looking, come back soon for more on this lovely little piece.

 

Chest of Drawers Makeover - Drawer Interiors

In my last post on the chest of drawers I had painted the body of the chest cream with some homemade chalk paint and I had painted the drawers using two colours - cream for the sides and edges and for the fronts, a taupe (also using my homemade chalk paint recipe).  I was going to just leave the insides unpainted but they looked a bit unfinished so I painted the interior sides of the drawers taupe and then I lined them using the wallpaper that I had used on an earlier project.  This is how they looked during and after.

I think the wallpaper made a big difference and finished it off nicely.  Happy days! Come back soon to see my next post where I will be doing something different with the drawer pulls/knobs.

Thanks for looking.