My Little Smoking Stand Redone!

 

Do you remember the little smoking stand I got a few weeks ago at the Flea Market? 

 

 

Well, I redid it this week.  I started out by taking off the door and cleaning the whole piece thoroughly.

 

 

I then gave it two coats of Plaster Paint's Toasted Marshmellow.  After the two coats of Plaster Paint, I used the Paste Wax from Plaster Paint.  Then I buffed it.

 

 

Now, don't panic anyone.  I used pages out of this book - "The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson" - which had already had a bunch of pages torn out of it when I bought it.

 

I then used Mod Podge and torn pages to cover the door and also the little shelf inside.

 

 

After that had dried, I added a print of an old seed catalogue complete with bird and applied more Mod Podge.

 

I then trimmed the edges of the door and shelf and lightly sanded the edges.

 

At this point the door was too bright for the cabinet and so I antiqued it down around the edges with a tea dyed ink.

 

 

I intentionally left the inside of the cabinet and the door the wood finish it started with.  I then reattached the door and put back the original door handle. ( Note:  The inside wood is not nearly this red - it is a walnut colored stain????)

 

 

I sanded this piece down some but not a whole lot.  I just sanded where there would be wear and tear - like on the corners and some on the legs.

 

I am very happy with how this turned out!

 

Hope you like it also!

 

Enjoy!

 

Judy