Faux Vintage Bread Board

I just love vintage bread boards like you see in this Pottery Barn photo.

But I don't own one.

The first reason is, they are very expensive.

Secondly, they are huge.

I'm not quite sure where I'd put it.

So what's a girl to do?

 

 I decided to make a smaller version of a vintage bread board using a pizza peel.

You can find these at Target and Homegoods for between $10-$20.

Very reasonable.

 

 

 The light color wasn't going to work for the look that I was going for.

I started by sanding off the protective finish so that I could stain the wood.

 

 

 I then banged the wood up pretty good to give it an aged look.

This.is.fun!!

 

 

 The stain I used is steel wool soaked in vinegar overnight.

I'm going to be talking about this in detail in a future post, so I hope you don't mind if I don't go into great detail now.

One thing I have found using this stain is the wood has a dull look to it after it drys.

 

 

 Using Annie Sloan clear wax gives the wood a much richer look.

 

 

 I am loving it now!

Of course I won't be using this for food,  just as an accent piece in the kitchen.

 

 

  I had a fun little photo shoot in my kitchen trying out different vignettes using my

new faux vintage bread board!

(wow, that's a mouthful!)

 

 

 Wait until you hear the funny background story about the blue bottle.

That's an upcoming post too.

Sorry to leave you hangin' ;)

 

 

So what do you think?

Are you going to run out and make one for yourself?

 

 

 It is so easy and affordable.

I think you should make one!

 

Linking up to:

Mod Mix Monday @ Mod Vintage Life

 

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Write by: AN - Tuesday, September 18, 2012