Wednesday, May 4, 2011

union jack dresser

a while back I said I wanted to put this
union jack
on something. I did,


and after this
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I had to post this.


I started with this bad boy
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and ended up with this
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If you wanna know how, keep reading.


1. spray paint the whole thing gold
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2. tape off your union jack. using a measuring tape helps. find the center and fill center stripe with tape. then tape around that, and peel the middle away.
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3. then paint it all white
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4. done and done
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ps. i got the not on purpose but so cool chipped gold on gold look because I did 2 coats of 2 different gold spray paints, and then put the tape on before it was completely dry. whoops.
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this makes me smile every time i walk by
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I think some lucite pulls will look amazing on this piece, but alas, i do not have lucite pulls lying around the house.


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