We are excited start offering up-cycling how-to instructions on our blog from Common Goods. Each month we will give you one step by step project you can complete at home for up-cycling a piece of furniture or other items you have around your home or have purchased. We really enjoy working on these projects and have a very gifted staff who enjoy to making these pieces new again, to offer at our store. Volunteers also come in once a month to work on up-cycling pieces as well. We are so blessed at our store with talented people, who love to spend time creating these pieces of furniture and decor for our customers to purchase.
The cool thing about all of these items being available to purchase is, you are supporting the work of Bridges of Hope. Bridges of Hope is so blessed by the revenue generated from our store, which helps Bridges serve families in the Lakes area.
So without further ado, here is our first how-to project for you to try at home.
Shelving. Many of us have old, or not so pretty looking shelves around our house, garage, storage unit, etc., it is time to spruce them up!
Step 1: Decide what color you would like to paint, and then go purchase paint and necessary items to do so, as well as, a bottle of mog-podge with a brush for applying.
Step 2: Also gather pieces to mog-podge on the shelf, such as, fabric pieces, tissue paper, napkins with designs on them, newspaper and many other porous items
Step 3: clean the shelf with a damp cloth
Step 4: Paint shelf the desired color, allow to dry completely
Step 5: prepare the items you are going to mog-podge onto the shelf
Step 6: Paint on a small space of mod-podge
Step 7: place first piece of paper, napkin (seperate into two pieces by gently pulling them apart), etc., to stick on top of the mog-podge glue you just painted.
Step 8: gently brush on mod-podge over the piece
Step 9: repeat steps 6 and 7 until you have completed the areas of the shelf you wanted to mog-podge. Optoins are: the top of the shelves alone, the entire shelf, only the top and sides, be creative the sky is the limit.
Step 10: once completed with mog-podging, let dry over night.
You are now done, and ready to place in the area you desire to display your new piece! For extra protection to your piece, you could spray a coat of clear poly-urethane or shellac.
Here are before and after photos of one we created at Common Goods.
Before
After
Again, we are excited to offer you these tips every month. We would also love to see the pieces you have created. If you desire to share your pieces, please email the before and after photos to meghann@bridgesofhopemn.org. We will occassionally post these items to our Facebook page, anonymously, for everyone to see. Happy up-cycling everyone!
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