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A Quick Cheap Tray Makeover....
It has been a while since I really posted anything over here.
What an irony the main reason of starting this blog was to showcase reuse/recycle and I haven't posted anything on that topic so far.
The thing is that my life has been a whirlwind lately. I am moving to a new place in the same city. While the excitement of relocation is there, the thought of setting up a new place is giving me jitters.
I have a lot of ideas for my home decor and putting all of them in entirety would be a challenge. At present I am working on a lot of ideas so by the time we move to our new place, my hands should be full with a lot of upcycled goodies.
A couple of weeks ago, while roaming around aimlessly in the nearby market I found a street hawker selling melamine crockery. On a whim I picked by a bright yellow coloured tray for Rs. 30. I decided to use it as my papier-mache tray mould. After trying my luck with paper mache tray mould (Post on that later) I decided to give the melamine tray a makeover. I initially wanted to decorate the tray with some vintage paper and resin. I couldn't find resin anywhere here... ( Does anyone know where to find resin in Delhi?). Finally I decided to do something different
I was quite intrigued with the Sgraffito technique a couple of weeks ago and decided to use it for the tray makeover.
Interested? Read On..
Total Time : 30 Minutes
Materials Required
1. Melamine Tray/ Ceramic Tray / Any Old tray
2. Acrylic colours ( I have used my Daler Rowney set for this one)
3. Varnish Spray
1. First of all colour your Melamine tray with a thick coat of white acrylic.
The enamel paints work perfectly as well but takes a little longer to dry. The acrylic paints tend to crack up on plastic whereas the enamel paints don't crack up. Paint the cracked up area again.
I left the edge as Yellow as I wanted to give some contrast.
Tip: Use a flat brush and go for longer strokes initially and then smaller towards the end. It will give it a rich finish
2. Once dried, spray the Varnish on the plate. I sprayed it thrice it give it a rich and glossy look.
3. Paint abstract, geometric patterns with black acrylic paint. Please note that it doesn't have to be a perfect pattern :). Once dried please spray the varnish again.
4. I somehow was craving for a red tray so I painted the yellow edges to Crimson :) and sprayed the varnish again.
And TaDa it is ready!
Tips:
** The tray can be used for serving since it is varnished already even if the water spills it will not get spoilt.
** Use it to spruce up a quiet corner
I can already picture this tray in the quiet corner lending colour to the décor..
Hope you liked it..
Ciao..
What an irony the main reason of starting this blog was to showcase reuse/recycle and I haven't posted anything on that topic so far.
The thing is that my life has been a whirlwind lately. I am moving to a new place in the same city. While the excitement of relocation is there, the thought of setting up a new place is giving me jitters.
I have a lot of ideas for my home decor and putting all of them in entirety would be a challenge. At present I am working on a lot of ideas so by the time we move to our new place, my hands should be full with a lot of upcycled goodies.
A couple of weeks ago, while roaming around aimlessly in the nearby market I found a street hawker selling melamine crockery. On a whim I picked by a bright yellow coloured tray for Rs. 30. I decided to use it as my papier-mache tray mould. After trying my luck with paper mache tray mould (Post on that later) I decided to give the melamine tray a makeover. I initially wanted to decorate the tray with some vintage paper and resin. I couldn't find resin anywhere here... ( Does anyone know where to find resin in Delhi?). Finally I decided to do something different
I was quite intrigued with the Sgraffito technique a couple of weeks ago and decided to use it for the tray makeover.
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| The Revamped Tray |
Interested? Read On..
Total Time : 30 Minutes
Materials Required
1. Melamine Tray/ Ceramic Tray / Any Old tray
2. Acrylic colours ( I have used my Daler Rowney set for this one)
3. Varnish Spray
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| I forgot to take the original photo.. |
1. First of all colour your Melamine tray with a thick coat of white acrylic.
The enamel paints work perfectly as well but takes a little longer to dry. The acrylic paints tend to crack up on plastic whereas the enamel paints don't crack up. Paint the cracked up area again.
I left the edge as Yellow as I wanted to give some contrast.
Tip: Use a flat brush and go for longer strokes initially and then smaller towards the end. It will give it a rich finish
2. Once dried, spray the Varnish on the plate. I sprayed it thrice it give it a rich and glossy look.
3. Paint abstract, geometric patterns with black acrylic paint. Please note that it doesn't have to be a perfect pattern :). Once dried please spray the varnish again.
4. I somehow was craving for a red tray so I painted the yellow edges to Crimson :) and sprayed the varnish again.
And TaDa it is ready!
Tips:
** The tray can be used for serving since it is varnished already even if the water spills it will not get spoilt.
** Use it to spruce up a quiet corner
I can already picture this tray in the quiet corner lending colour to the décor..
Hope you liked it..
Ciao..
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