{Tutorial} - Painted Tray

I found this cool tray at a consignment sale this past fall. I had every intention of painting it at some point, but it found a home on my bookcase for a good while unpainted.  The gold/blue colors were kind of cool, but long term I knew not the colors I wanted.


On the bookcase - not the long term plan :)

A few weeks ago I was painting several things in the house, so I decided to spray the tray as well.



Ready to be painted

I started by giving it a creamy white base coat.


All white - details work is kind of missing

I then used a bronze paint slightly watered down to give it a glaze coat.  My girls actually helped with the glazing.





Craft paint from Hobby Lobby



Helpers Painting :)

After painting the glaze on top, I used a paper towel to wipe off most of the glaze on the surface so that it just remained in the cuts.


Before the paper towel wipe down

 

After the paper towel wipe down - ready to dry! :)

Finally I let it dry and put in on my catch-all counter to hold our small odds and ends.  It never ceases to amaze me at how much paint will change/fix something!


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