Restyle a Thrift Store Wooden Bowl

  
It's that time again - The Thrift Store Upcycle Challenge on the fourth Thursday of the month, where a group of creative bloggers come together to share their lovely transformations of a thrift store item. Who doesn't love thrift store upcycle projects - whether it's actually creating one or admiring how an item from a thrift store was transformed!

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The Rules:

• Upcycle an item(s) from a thrift store, resale store, or garage sale into a new piece of decor.
• There’s no monthly theme.
• There’s no budget to stick to.

Be sure to visit all of my co-hosts listed below to see what they transformed!

I found a wooden bowl at Goodwill for $2.25, just perfect to re-style into the look of an artisan inspired hand painted pedestal piece!  Here's how I re-styled the wooden bowl:

 Gathered:

• Unfinished wood circle shape
• Unfinished wood pedestal stand
• Dap RapidFuse Multi Purpose Adhesive 
• FolkArt HomeDecor Cottage White Chalk Paint
• Flower design (laser printed)
• Small detail scissors/paint brushes
• Mod Podge
• Varnish Sealer

Process:

Begin by wiping down the wooden bowl with a soap and water dampen cloth to remove any dirt and grim and let dry. You really don't need to sand the finish since I'm covering it with chalk paint.

For the pedestal, I first glued on a wooden circular shape base and then .  .  .

the pedestal stand to the bottom of the bowl using RapidFuse Multi Purpose glue and let dry for about a half an hour. 

Next, painted the entire pedestal bowl in a soft white chalk paint.

I love the look of hand painted motifs on bowls and trays so I found this free to download flower design online that appeared to be hand painted.  While the painted pedestal bowl was drying, I re-sized the image into several different sizes - and printed them out using a laser printer. *Can't use a jet ink printer for this - the color will bleed!

After cutting the flowers out, I positioned them on the dry pedestal bowl starting at the base. Then, I painted Mod Podge on the flowers to make them pliable and easily movable, placing them in position and smoothing out any wrinkles  .  .  .

while brushing on more Mod Podge - and adding flowers up and over the edge into the center bowl. Repeating the process of adding decoupage glue, smoothing out and letting it dry!

Once dry, applied additional coats of Mod Podge to the flowers and then let dry completely.

And finally, applied a varnish to seal it all!  

What a wonderful way to re-style a thrift store wooden bowl! 

 It's definitely a winner!

      Have fun in transforming your thrift store finds to fit your style and taste!

Meet the Co-Hosts

Angela | Simply Beautiful by Angela  Jennifer | Cookies Coffee and Crafts  
Gail | Purple Hues and Me   Yami | The Latina Next Door  
Amanda | Domestically Creative    Ann | Duct Tape And Denim    
   Debra | Shoppe No. 5 
 Victoria | Dazzle While Frazzled   Shirley | Intelligent Domestications 
 Chelc | Inside the Fox Den   Habiba | Craftify My Love


Make sure you follow our board on Pinterest for more upcycled decor inspiration!

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And now for more thrifty goodness!

Check out what my fellow upcyclers created below!

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