This decor walkthrough stays in the order the work happens.
Gail from My Repurposed Life sent over this little project and I love it. I think they are striking. And after reading her post I am wanting to move to a place where you find such great junk on the side of the road.
Jamie told me that I needed some height on my mantel. I was thinking candlesticks. I looked at the store (Meijer) and I saw that they are VERY expensive. I braved the cold in the garage and rummaged around to see what I could find. This is a bedpost from a full sized bed that Cathy and I found on the curb. It wasn’t really bench worthy, so I parted it out. I cut off the posts and legs, and threw the headboard away. This is another bed post, not sure where the rest of this bed ended up. While in the garage, I also cut some 1x’s and some 4×4’s into squares for bases. Then I sort of just started playing around with the configurations. A lot like I do when I make totems. This is a 1×5, and part of a bed post/leg. Here I added the top of another bed post. I sanded the rough edges, and cleaned up all the saw dust. This is the bottom part of the bed post pictured above. This is a 1×5, and a 1×4, a part of a staircase spindle, and the top (finial) of an old chair. This little cutie is a 1×5, 4×4 and a chair leg! This is the other part of the stair case spindle, with another chair finial on top. I used gorilla glue to hold all the pieces together. I could not decide what color I wanted, so I chose 3 different colors. Here I have one of those cute little glass ashtray pieces I picked up at the peddler’s mall. This is the same turquoise I used on my last window cabinet I made. I watered it down so it was more like a glaze. I used Kilz on all of these before I painted their new colors on them. This white one is the free Glidden “Crisp Linen” with a wash/glaze of raw umber over it. The browns are a glaze of raw umber. The candle I got on clearance this week at Walmart for .25 cents. I put them in my gynormous firebox and lit the candles. I am not sure what configuration I will use. I don’t know whether I will keep them in the firebox, put them on the mantel, or on the hearth. I may change up the colors. I tend to change my mind a lot. options? Suggestions? I’m sure you true junkers have lots of items in your stash that you can make these from. They sort of remind me of chess pieces. I am still enjoying my fireplace and can hardly believe I actually made it! Love it! Does anyone else have any clever re-purpose options? Send them in to me.
