So in the last post I promised to follow up with pics of the furniture gifted to us by our neighbors. Mary did a GREAT job designing a plan to convert them into a kitchen island (sold!) and an entertainment center. Take a look…
We ended up doing the entertainment center with Rustoleum’s chalk paint color “aged grey” that we picked up at a local big box. Check it out here if you’re interested. We paid about $16 for a quart which was way below what we had paid for other chalk paints in the past, and I really liked the product at that price point.
We finished the kitchen island by putting it up on a 3/4 piece of plywood with a 1/4″ roundever. We used some prefab table legs on the bottom and a butcher block top. I covered the exposed back with some beadboard we had laying around from an old project. Finished it all off with a few coats of satin white enamel. We sealed the top with a home brew batch of mineral oil and white beeswax. I use it all the time on my butcher blocks and cutting boards. Super easy to make:
1:3 combination of beeswax to mineral oil. Melt them in a double boiler, stir and let cool. That’s it!!
Lastly, exciting news. We are making plans to do a few craft shows this fall, so Mary and I have been kicking it into high gear and cranking out some extra stuff for those. Pretty excited to try out hand at the craft circuit. Stay tuned for pics and a review on our experience!
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