Spackle & Paint Wall Cabinet Art

So this project was one of those that was supposed to turn out one way and went a totally different direction...

...but I actually love how it turned out.

I fell in love with this post and the finish she did with it.

I attempted to do something similar but they don't quite resemble one another :)

Oh well.

Here's how mine went...

I started with this fantastic cabinet door... I loved the design etched into the wood but it had two of them so I spackled one up to smooth it out.

Once that dried, I used the fabulous Krypton paint from my master bath redo. to paint the innter portion of the cabinet. 

This is where it got wonky :)

I used spackling and layered it on around the outer edge of the whole door... pretty thick and chunky but I wanted it to have texture so I didn't smooth it out.

I let that dry overnight so it could set well.

Here it is so far:

Then it went iffy from here.

I wanted more of a crackle effect on it but nothing I was trying to use worked.

I painted acrylic brown over the top and HATED how it looked with all the white covered up. It looked dingy and gross actually. :) Yucky combination.

So I just went a little crazy and decided to try and sand it down with my hand sander.

The white popped out and it sanded the texture down so that it had a smoother surface but still a wavy effect.

I liked that a lot better.

I ended up wiping a little glaze on it to tone down the white then I put a gloss varnish over it which made it just shine :)

It took me a few days, but I ended up loving the result.

Very, very different...

I used vinyl and my Cricut to cut the saying out then just stuck it on... I distressed it a little as well.

My husband likes that it almost has a driftwood effect.

Interesting...

Totally not what I expected...

...but I think I"m okay with that. :)

It's incredibly solid too...

I ended up hanging it in the master bath.

What do you think?

I think I'm in love.

Hope you're all having a great Monday!

(is there such a thing?)



Linking too:

• Anti-Procrastination @ New Nostalgia
• Letting Those Creative Juices Flow @ These Creative Juices
• Whatever Goes Wednesday @ Someday Crafts
• Show Us What You're Working With @ Me and My Bucket 
• Strut Your Stuff Party @ Saturday Mornings
• Catch a Glimpse @ A Glimpse Inside
• Featuring You @ Sassy Sites
• Just Something I Whipped Up @ The Girl Creative

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