Once upon a time there were two cute little benches that I’ve had forever. Here is a picture of how the benches used to look in the beginning
and the steps I took to make them look adorable!
Te first thing I did was paint the bench white.
Then I antiqued it using my good friend the sander.
I applied the vinyl stencils that I had previously made in place and I peeled off the transfer paper.
…So here they are my
number 1 and TWO Stencil!
number 1 and TWO Stencil!
Time to paint! Remember that it is always safer to tap.., tap…, tap the paint than to brush it side to side. However because the surface of the bench was smooth and the vinyl stuck to it perfectly this time I used a small disposal roller {from the dollar store}to take care of business.
…What number are we at?
When the paint was dry I peeled the stencil off. This part always excites me!
I did it all over again with the second bench.
I stood back and I thought… looking good 😉
Some more sanding to add more character!
I think they would look fabulous on pillow cases.
Click here if you want to see how to paint fabric using vinyl stencils.
LOVE it. I am not saying that if you entered Thrifty Thursday you would be featured next week, but yeah, I am saying that. New follower. Great job!
Your benches are too cute – well done! The stencils are fabulous as well, they held up good with the distressing. Please enter me to win them, and congratulations on your 100 followers although there's more now (I'm now one too)!
Rebecca how many chairs honey? If you win I'll send you the set 😉
LOVE! Black and white with numbers AND text? A home run in my book!
love the stencils!!!! And I'd love to win them…
win, win….
Oh my goodness, these look wonderful! I think I will have to either find or make me some benches, thanks for sharing!
totally amazing bench makeovers and I LOVE the stencils!!!
-Ashley
http://www.DesignBuildLove.co
love your benches great job Congratulations on getting your 100 and I am also a new follower so add one more.
Your benches look fabulous! I love that your stencils are the 'same' but different.
Congratulations on hitting 100! I'm a new follower. 🙂
I'm in the middle (okay, very beginnings) of making over my chairs and was thinking of jazzing them up with something like this so a 1 & two would be a great start. 🙂
I love how your benches turned out and would love love love to be the lucky winner of your stencils,