Happy Monday everyone! Let's start out the week with something to look forward to. I don't know about you, but I always enjoy planning for a project and looking forward to doing something creative.
You ever have any projects that you have been planning for a while? This past weekend, Ray and I, worked on a DIY project that we had been talking about for a while. It finally happened, and it was oh so rewarding!
We tranformed our crates and gave it a grey distressed look!
Instructions: This is the before picture! The crates are just your ordinary run of the mill crates, that I got from Michaels. You can get your wood or crate of choice that you would like to distress.
Start with a Dark Walnut Stain ( Minwax Woodstain 2716). Coat with the entire crate/wood with the stain.
Use a rag and wipe the excess stain. The longer you keep the stain, the darker the grey stain, and less you keep the stain, the lighter grey it will be.
Take a rag, use white paint and rub the white paint dipped rag over the crate.
Let the crate dry.
To make it more fun, try it out with your spouse! We had a lot of fun getting our hands dirty and working together.
I love crates! Been wanting to this as well. I might prosper this time😊
ReplyDeleteYes!! Try it out! Maybe you could show me how to add lettering to it!
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