It’s so so sososo nice to have all this space to organize our stuff now, but I really did still have to edit out a lot to get these cabinets to look and function the way I want them to.
It was a bit of a lighter color as well.So it must have done something.. Next I rubbed the whole thing with a bit of sandpaper.
At first I felt like I was doing something terribly wrong, but in the aftermath, I see if really did help the look overall..So at this point it just looked like a scratched up, slightly lighter-colored 1993 brass door knob..I read somewhere that heating the brass up with a flame would help it tarnish quickly..
I grabbed my candle lighter and got to firing that brass knob.. At a certain point it occurred to me that what I was actually doing was holding a flame up to a part of my beloved house and heating that part up more and more.. Um, no.. As usual, I didn’t want to wait to see the results of the natural tarnishing so I grabbed my trusty dollar store craft paints and did a little faux magic, instead of you know, setting my house aflame.. -Wipe on a dab of black everywhere, including in the nooks and crannies.Wipe off.. -Wipe on a dab of burnt umber everywhere.
Wipe off.. -Wipe on a dab of gold.
Wipe off a little bit, but leave it on mostly..Next I stained the lower shelf, the legs, and the skirting..
If you were wondering what that floating red object is in the background, it’s the zip line tied up to the deck on the playhouse.We just put it up last year and it goes right across the creek!
It definitely adds to the fun cottagey atmosphere in our back yard!.Anyway, after I was done with all that staining and zip line admiring, I stained some more!
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