My First Decoupage Project!

 I found this great table at a tag sale...the top was in poor condition, but I loved the carvings on the legs!  What could I do to fix it!  Just painting solid black, just seemed to blah...so I saw a jar of Mod Podge at my local craft store and thought...let's give it a try!

1)  Painted the top black, let dry.
2)  Found a cool old piece of sheet music that was missing pages anyway, thought the colors would really pop!
3)  Applied Mod Podge to table and back of music, centered on table top.  Used straight edge to smooth out bubbles.  Let dry!
4)  Applied several coats of Mod Podge to top surface, being careful with consistent brush strokes, letting dry between coats...and I did sand a bit between coats as well.  (This is an important step to give a smooth finish)
5)  Final coat was a glossy Polyurethane, as Mod Podge is not water resistant!  (Also an important step)
6)  Wallah!  Not bad for first attempt!  What do you think??

My Garage Week 1 Projects

I confess...I don't do all of this on my own! My husband, Steve is my handy man, carpenter and the brawn of this operation! Ok...he wants his car in the garage this winter too! This week, we are working on the pictured projects...a sweet kitchen or pantry work table, just got a new coat of mustard paint, an industrial typewriter stand will be cleaned and repainted and the small primitive cupboard still needs a fresh coat of varnish to help preserve its wonderful blue paint. The items pictured are being what I call re-purposed, or in other words..."repaired, repainted or restored to make an item usable again" My own definition! You might ask, "Aren't these items antiques and shouldn't you leave them in their original state?" Well, sometimes, items are just in too bad of shape to leave alone, and rather than throwing them away, we have saved them and brought them back to life!!

My Garage Week 1

Pictured are some of my wonderful finds for this week! 1960's Disney School Box Lunchbox, Texas Ware Melmac Confetti Bowl, Cast Metal Halloween Cat, 1950's Kitchen Utensils, Adorable Metal Scottie Dog and 2 wonderful old Made in Japan Santas! All these items are being priced and will be available for sale either at one of my Antique Mall Locations or at the Elkhorn Flea Market on 9/26/10. If interested in any of these items, please see my website for location information. (www.treasuresaz.com)