Thursday, August 9, 2012

DIY Decoupage Drawer Thing


This was given to us by our friend Roger who is currently moving. Thank you Roger! Granted it is not in the best condition, however! Why waste it? Plus it was given. Who am I to reject anything :) Anyway, I decided while I was in zumba today that I was going to use it. How, you ask?


I took out the drawer thingies and cleaned it. Took out excess dust stuff, blah blah.


 Also I found an old book upstairs that everyone forgot existed. I tore out the pages with the most words. I placed them all on top so that it covers the whole top part.


 I bought Mod Podge from Michael's today. This is matte, not glossy. Although half way through I ended up changing my mind and wanted glossy. Luckily I had some glaze stuff for when I make my paper beads. It's is also a sealer.

Step 1: I removed all the paper from on top of the thing.
Step 2: I sprayed one coat of Mod Podge all over.
Step 3: I placed the paper on top of the thingy just so it covers all the white.
*tip* If the paper is going to over lap another paper, make sure to spray an extra coat of Mod Podge.
*tip* Also, try to fit all the ones with the most words in the center. The white margins I used to stick on the sides of the drawer thingy.
Step 4: Continue all the way down to the legs of the thing. I ran out of Mod Podge towards the end, so I ended up using the glaze that I was talking about earlier, Multi-Purpose Sealer by Americana. I applied it with a paint brush.


Since it is still not shiny at the top and I wanted it to be, I glazed the top with the same Multi-Purpose Sealer and it became shiny. I like it :) It got really late though, so I wasn't able to do something fun for the inside. For now it looks nice that way since the drawers would be covering the inside. I haven't done anything to the drawers yet. Maybe I'll use fabric paint to make it teal-ish.


Well there's the finished one, so far. This was really simple and if you decide to do this, make sure you have enough Mod Podge lol.

Supplies:
1 can of Mod Podge Matte (should've got 2 and I should've got the glossy one)
1 old book no one reads
1 old thing
Since I didn't have enough sealer,
1 Multi-purpose Sealer by Americana
1 little brush that I got from the 99c store a thousand years ago

OH YEAH! Wear gloves and a mask. I could've probably died of the fumes lol. I don't know what I was thinking not wearing a mask. Also, I didn't wear gloves cus I thought the glue would come off easily. Maybe it was my multi-purpose sealer thing, but my nails have sealer all over them. It took me about 15 minutes of scrubbing to get them out of my hands, but I still have some sealer on my nails. I was gonna re-do my nails today too.

Have fun!
-m

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