I love a good DIY...love, love, love it!! So each month I am going to blog about a DIY I am doing. For this month it is going to be a Home Decor project. I want to make our home feel...more homely so I have started to decorate! So there is two mini DIY's which I think look amazing together and use some of the same materials For the Frame you will need: - A wooden Frame - Acrylic paint (I went for white but any colour will do - Twine - Mini Pegs (I went for natural wood ones) - Small photos/pictures, I gathered mine from my Instagram account and put them all into a word document and printed them like that, I used 16 pictures - Paintbrushes - Sandpaper So to begin I cleaned my wooden frame and removed the glass and backing. I then applied a thin layer of paint to the frame and let it dry. I then applied another layer of paint. I then left the frame overnight to dry. The next day I got my piece of sandpaper (it was about 120 grit) and rubbed lightly on all the corners until some of the wood was poking through and it had that Shabby Chic look to it. I then measured out the twine so it would be tight across the back and measured the placement of each piece of string so they would be equal distances apart (don't rush this part as it effects the end result). I then used a staple gun to attach the string to the back of the frame. Then I pegged all my pictures on and I was done! I love how this frame worked out and I get so many compliments on it. All up it cost me around $15 dollars to make and I think it looks better than something I could have brought! For the bottle vase you will need - An empty wine bottle (I used a clear bottle but a tinted one would be fine too!) - Acrylic paint - A small bowl So I looked all over the internet to find what sort of paint would be best suitable so I could pour it into the bottle so I would still get that smooth glossy finish. I had read that the acrylic paint I already had would be ok so went ahead with that. I first mixed a small amount of water into it to get a runnier texture so it would be easier to pour into the bottle. I then poured it, a small amount at a time, into the bottle until the inside was covered. I placed it outside, upside down on a plastic lid to let it dry. This took HOURS!!! But once it was eventually dry I brought some cheap, fake sunflowers to put into it. I love how this looks and was extremely happy with the result. However with the heat we were having the paint started to run and never really set to the inside of the glass so would go streaky which I hated. I eventually ended up buying a cheap outdoor house paint in white and poured this in over top of the existing paint and so far (a month later) the paint has stayed put! I loooove to DIY and clearly am pretty happy with how my projects worked out. If there are any DIY's you would like to see just let me know in the comments Nicole xxx
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