Pallet for Home

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I recently redecorated my hallway and I wanted to have an old corbel to use as a shelf. I knew that a vintage one would be super pricey so I looked online to see about a new one. They are anywhere between $60 to $300+!!!! Crazy huh? So I thought to myself, there must be a way to make one.



Here is how I did it:

•  I got an old board from our garage. 


• I free handed a design. It could be anything you want. You can find example online or dream up your own.
  

• I used my jigsaw to cut out the design. (I heart my $20 jigsaw)

• Then I repeated this step 4 more times so that I ended up with 5 of these. 

• I labeled the first one with a one so that I could use that as the pattern every time. Cause you know, a copy of a copy just isn't the same.

• I used my brad nailer (nail gun) to attach them one by one.

• I had a piece of molding left over from my kitchen redesign so I cut it at 45 degree angles. I also cut out a rectangle that they would be nailed to.

• I cut out another rectangle piece that was slightly smaller that the top piece with the molding. It got nailed on first. Then the top piece got nailed to that.

The first thing that I did was sand off the peeling paint. {I thought this would take a few minutes, but really it took about an hour or so}.
















After I had it sanded, I used Ivory Krylon's new Dual Paint + Primer Spray Paint. I liked the idea of a spray paint that is both a primer AND paint in one.
















Once the bench was painted and dry, I taped off the bench, exposing the strips that were going to be YELLOW.






Then I got to the pretty yellow paint. One thing I noticed was that the yellow paint seemed to cover more than the Ivory did. But that might have been because I had already painted underneath the yellow with the ivory.















So overall I am really happy with Krylon's new Dual Paint + Primer. The paint stayed on my bench even underneath all of that tape. I liked that you don't have to use separate paint and primer with this product, although the Ivory did take quite a few coats to cover.
















And you can win an iPad by linking up YOUR spray painting project!! You can find out more at Krylon's Dual Duel site. 




Krylon sent me the new Dual Paint to try out. Check out their latest promotion, The Dual Duel, where Krylon is looking to find The Ultimate Restorer. To win this title, enter your spray paint restoration project and encourage friends and family to vote for your project as their favorite for their chance to win too.