DIY Pedestal

January has been a fun month  for me.

I've been trying to finish up projects that have been sitting around the house waaaay too long.

Last year I bought this really thick candle stick from Ikea intending to make it into a pedestal and I finally made that happen.

I bought a wood disc from the craft store for the top.

First I measured to find the center of the disc and then traced the candle stick 

so I would know where to glue it.

I used Gorilla Crazy glue to attach the candle stick to the wood disc.

The disc I bought had a hole in it for making it into a clock face, so I just used

 some putty and filled the hole in.

Next I painted the disc black and sanded down the candle stick lightly so paint would adhere to it easier.

You also could just prime the whole thing, but I didn't have any primer around.

I painted the whole thing gray to start with.

Next I started dry brushing white paint on.

I wanted to show you how bad it looks at this point. 

You have to play with it quite a bit to get it looking how you want.

Finally I liked the amount of white on the piece.
I had to wipe down my brush quite a bit so the white coat went on very lightly.

I could have just left it as it was, but I wanted to add a bit of depth to the piece so I mixed some black acrylic paint with furniture wax and then rubbed it all over the pedestal.

Here is a closer look at how the darkened wax changed the look of the piece.

I think it looks a bit like zinc.
Finally I sprayed poly on the pedestal.

The completed pedestal!

So it is finally finished, now what do I do with this thing?

Hmmmm, any suggestions?

School was cancelled today because the roads are so icy in Houston...please help!

Just kidding!

I love it when my kiddos are home. :)

Stay safe and warm my pretties.

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Write by: AN - Friday, January 24, 2014