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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Another Rustic Box and a Giveaway!



I had such fun making a box using a new fence board that I aged with apple cider vinegar and steel wool, that I decided to try another one using a label from The Graphics Fairy.  To see the directions for aging a board, click HERE.







 I tried to darken the label a bit, so I soaked it in coffee.  It came out a little bit darker...









 
I then Mod Podged it on the board. 






 
I think it turned out pretty neat.




 Here it is with four pint size canning jars set inside.  They hold the flowers perfectly!





So on to the Giveaway!  I will be giving this box (just the box, not the flowers or canning jars--too hard to mail!)  to one lucky winner.  I will be picking the winner on Friday, July 22, 2011 at 5pm Mountain Time.

To have a chance to win:


---Become a follower of this blog and leave a comment.  If you're already a follower, please just mention that in your comment.  If you don't have a blog, please put your email address in the comment so I can find you if you win.  :)

Want more chances to win?

---"LIKE" Our Adventures in Home Improvement on Facebook.  The link to my page is HERE or the LIKE button is on the right side of my page.  Leave a comment here that you did.


---Leave a comment on the Our Adventures in Home Improvement page on Facebook.  Leave a comment back here on this page that you did.


So that's it!  Three chances to win.  If you do all three, leave three comments.  

Thanks so much for coming by!  

Pam

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Friday, July 8, 2011

Make a Rustic Old Box using a New Fence Board





A couple of months ago I aged a new fence board to put as a shelf under an old window.  You can see that post HERE.  I loved the idea of using Apple Cider Vinegar and Steel Wool to make a brand new board look old.  This time I wanted to make a box for my island.



I was at Lowe's and found a regular fence board.  This one had bad sides, which I'm sure wouldn't make someone who was building a fence happy, but it made me happy.


I put on my gloves (apple cider vinegar is pretty smelly!) and applied the vinegar with steel wool.  The first coat didn't go on that great and I had little black spots all over the board.  I just kept applying more coats until I got the grey/worn look that I wanted.  (I waited about an hour between coats of the vinegar.)





I then cut the boards to make a box.  To make it easy, I made it as wide as the fence board is so I didn't have to cut the bottom at all.  The dimensions are 16" long by 5 1/4" wide.  My husband who loves woodworking  wanted to make the box perfect, but that's not the look I was going for.  :)  Anyway, he did glue the sides and used his finish nailer to hold everything together.  He clamped it up overnight and it was good to go.  




On the ends where I had made my cuts, I needed to rough it up a little, then apply more of the vinegar.









I love that the edges are all very rough looking.  I put the glass jars that came with a flatware caddy I already had and put some flowers in each jar.


Thanks so much for visiting!




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