Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Patchwork Painting

Photo Jun 30, 12 35 41 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve been sitting on two pieces of furniture for almost a year now, waiting for divine inspiration.

During my daily visit to Pinterest I came across this blog.  Bingo!  That’s all I needed. 

This patchwork technique works great with pieces that are built using “planks” rather than large pieces of wood, or built with lots of “bits and pieces”, as my plant stand was. 

Photo Jun 30, 12 33 59 PM
Photo Jun 30, 12 37 13 PM

I’m sorry to say I can’t find a before photo of this desk. It was just a little, unfinished pine desk with no drawers.

But here’s my plant stand that I just L O V E!

Photo Jun 30, 12 43 09 PM
It’s hard to photograph since it’s so tall and skinny.  I’ll give you a full length shot, but you can appreciate it more by seeing it in sections.

Photo Jun 30, 12 42 59 PM

Photo Jun 30, 12 43 31 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And luckily, I had the foresight to take a few shots of it before I went to work on it…

Photo Jun 22, 2 12 54 PM

Photo Jun 22, 2 13 09 PM

You’ve got to give this technique a try.  It’s impossible to goof it up!