"Hi design detectives! My clumsy husband was hanging shelving on his side of the bathroom and somehow knocked the mirror right off the wall. I feel like this is a perfect time for something new! I hated the old one anyways. He's a man's man and wants something that shows it. Any Ideas?"
-Sandy
Hey Sandy,
I think we all know that the Model A Ford is the epitome of manliness. I found an old radiator shell at a flea market that I knew was good buy!
With little bit of retouching, we'll be able to replace the old broken mirror with a unique manly one that will have all his friends jealous.
First, we're going to scour old car part stores to try to find a "Ford" badge and a polished radiator cap to clean things up.Then we need to get mirror cut to fit the radiator.
Now that we have our accent pieces, its time to paint the frame. We decided to use a Amy Howard High Performance Furniture Lacquer in Brisson Red . All that's left is to adhere the badge and radiator cap, as well as get the mirror fitted and we're done.
What do you think?
" Design Detectives, I need your help! I have this old, hand-me-down bureau that I can't find a use for. What do I do ?!?!?!"
-Anonymous
You definitely came to the right place!
Below is the before picture. Yup, I can see why you needed to change things up !
This art deco styled chest has a lot of potential. We could just paint it, but why stop there? Let's revamp it with some fabric, nail heads, and hardware as well.
Let's start by lightly sanding the piece to prepare it for the paint. We'll use a custom blend of Amy Howard One-Step Paint to give the chest an espresso tone. The only requirements when using this paint is to clean the surface prior to using it. We used a primer prior to application. However, with one step paint, primer is not required. You can even use this on
Formica, plastic, metal and lacquered wood- and yes-it’s that good!
Then we are going to wrap the piece in a complimentary fabric. In order to wrap the piece we will follow the list below!
- Cut the fabric to your specified size.
- Coat the area to be wrapped in a water-based polyurethane.
- Lay the fabric above the layer of polyurethane.
- Iron over the fabric to seal it to the chest *Warning:Use an old iron, it may get poly on it*
- Coat with one or more layers of the poly and let dry.
We'll finish up by bordering the top and sides with gold nail heads and attaching new amazing handles on the drawers. When attaching the nail heads we just need to be careful to align them correctly and hammer them in lightly to avoid denting.
Here is the Finished Product!
Now I'm sure you'll be able to find something to do this this revamped chest!
-Design Detectives
