{"id":29908,"date":"2015-10-05T14:52:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T18:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/?p=29908"},"modified":"2015-10-05T15:01:19","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T19:01:19","slug":"my-first-official-diy-and-definitely-not-my-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/05\/my-first-official-diy-and-definitely-not-my-last\/","title":{"rendered":"My first official DIY (and definitely not my last)!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi? there friends, so this is the big week of the Ronald McDonald showhouse! I am both excited and admittedly a little nervous, OK maybe a lot nervous. Praying my space comes out as beautiful as it is in my mind and on paper (thanks to the gorgeous rendering from PVE). I am thinking positive and trusting it will all work out.<\/p>\n<p>Many of you have asked about this is so for anyone? in the Long Island, NY area&#8230;.<a href=\"http:\/\/rmhlongisland.org\/events\/a-taste-of-project-design-2015-gala\/\"><em>click here for more info.<\/em><\/a>? It is such worthwhile cause to come out and support. You can attend the Ronald McDonald gala Thurs night or come Fri-Sunday to view the spaces, where every single item in each space will be for sale.<\/p>\n<p>As every single item for the showhouse is a donation and stays there to be sold, one relies heavily on donated items. I was incredibly lucky to have had the generous support of many, and I will be doing a follow up on the finished room along with the wonderful donations and companies that made it happen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The fabulous renderings of my space by PVE-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2unnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29306\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"2unnamed\" width=\"567\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2unnamed.jpg 567w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2unnamed-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2unnamed-131x168.jpg 131w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2unnamed-274x351.jpg 274w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2unnamed-427x547.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">One of the things I needed for my room was 6-8 antique gold brackets to hold ginger jars. I priced them out and they were $180 and up for nice quality brackets. I didn&#8217;t have any inexpensive resources for them so put my thinking cap on. I decided (obviously on a day I was in a handy mood) to buy unfinished resin brackets and take it on to finish them myself. This is coming from me, a non DIY&#8217;er.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/u1nnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29307\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/u1nnamed.jpg\" alt=\"u1nnamed\" width=\"919\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/u1nnamed.jpg 919w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/u1nnamed-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/u1nnamed-168x133.jpg 168w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/u1nnamed-351x278.jpg 351w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/u1nnamed-547x433.jpg 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 919px) 100vw, 919px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So after returning from the hardware store equipped with a few different colored spray paints and an old beach towel,? I went to town and what I ended up with lets just say is not exactly what I had in mind-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I referred to this as Trump gold. One of my readers took offense to this name, I can tell you in all honesty this was never meant to offend and in fact one look at his apartment, and I can tell you even &#8220;the Donald&#8221; would be proud that this gold bears his name:)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnBBVCamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29414\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnBBVCamed.jpg\" alt=\"unnBBVCamed\" width=\"543\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnBBVCamed.jpg 543w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnBBVCamed-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnBBVCamed-125x168.jpg 125w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnBBVCamed-262x351.jpg 262w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unnBBVCamed-409x547.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/3ZCunnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29415\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/3ZCunnamed.jpg\" alt=\"3ZCunnamed\" width=\"543\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/3ZCunnamed.jpg 543w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/3ZCunnamed-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/3ZCunnamed-125x168.jpg 125w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/3ZCunnamed-262x351.jpg 262w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/3ZCunnamed-409x547.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This one was better but too flat and too subdued. Didn&#8217;t think it would pop on the mossy green walls. Needed more depth<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/u32xxnnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29417\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/u32xxnnamed.jpg\" alt=\"u32xxnnamed\" width=\"543\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/u32xxnnamed.jpg 543w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/u32xxnnamed-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/u32xxnnamed-125x168.jpg 125w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/u32xxnnamed-262x351.jpg 262w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/u32xxnnamed-409x547.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unna4vmed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29419\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unna4vmed.jpg\" alt=\"unna4vmed\" width=\"543\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unna4vmed.jpg 543w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unna4vmed-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unna4vmed-125x168.jpg 125w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unna4vmed-262x351.jpg 262w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/unna4vmed-409x547.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Return to the hardware store. Read comments on my blog and get advice from &#8220;those in the know&#8221;. Go back to hardware store. Again, got Design Master&#8217;s Gold Medal this time&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unn43awramed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30027\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unn43awramed.jpg\" alt=\"unn43awramed\" width=\"536\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unn43awramed.jpg 536w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unn43awramed-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unn43awramed-126x168.jpg 126w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unn43awramed-263x351.jpg 263w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unn43awramed-410x547.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Design Master Gold medal works great if you are using a gold rub over it or if you prefer a subdued gold<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-30028\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed3.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed\" width=\"536\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed3.jpg 536w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed3-126x168.jpg 126w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed3-263x351.jpg 263w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed3-410x547.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This glaze was great&#8230;Minwax Dark walnut (color 2716)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This time I bravely took a whole new approach. Armed with a new paint can and a? dark brown glaze, I? slathered on the glaze rather generously. Let it dry. Held my breath. THEN added the gold spray paint. Aha&#8230;.we are getting somewhere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnab3med.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30017\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnab3med.jpg\" alt=\"unnab3med\" width=\"536\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnab3med.jpg 536w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnab3med-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnab3med-126x168.jpg 126w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnab3med-263x351.jpg 263w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnab3med-410x547.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then I realized I needed a bit of highlighting to create depth on the areas that were more prominent. I bought a few gold\/gilding waxes and a little tube of the famed Rub n Buff? started playing. Finally with a bit of this and a little of that, got the result&#8230;.this is the stuff dreams are made of.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I finally achieved the effect I was after and had in my mind but up until now was having a hard time making materialize. These are the &#8220;helpers&#8221; I really liked these two in the pot as they gave me the desired effect&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u3ednnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30015\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u3ednnamed.jpg\" alt=\"u3ednnamed\" width=\"534\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u3ednnamed.jpg 534w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u3ednnamed-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u3ednnamed-125x168.jpg 125w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u3ednnamed-262x351.jpg 262w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u3ednnamed-409x547.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unbvvnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30016\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unbvvnamed.jpg\" alt=\"unbvvnamed\" width=\"534\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unbvvnamed.jpg 534w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unbvvnamed-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unbvvnamed-125x168.jpg 125w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unbvvnamed-262x351.jpg 262w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unbvvnamed-409x547.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Gold Rush by Decorart is the top one and the one I used the most, second one was another Decorart color and finally Rub n Buff was the last one, much more potent<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnaadfs3r2med.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29979\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnaadfs3r2med.jpg\" alt=\"unnaadfs3r2med\" width=\"700\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnaadfs3r2med.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnaadfs3r2med-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnaadfs3r2med-164x168.jpg 164w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnaadfs3r2med-344x351.jpg 344w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnaadfs3r2med-536x547.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I love all of them but my purely novice take is that the Decoart metallic lustre in gold rush was easier to work with, slightly less potent and didn&#8217;t try as fast. Rub n&#8217; Buff is great but super potent and dries lightening fast which for a novice like me is not necessarily the best thing&#8230;I know Rub n&#8217; Buff has a cult following so please don&#8217;t be upset with me:)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/brackets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30025\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/brackets.jpg\" alt=\"brackets\" width=\"954\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/brackets.jpg 954w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/brackets-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/brackets-168x126.jpg 168w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/brackets-351x263.jpg 351w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/brackets-547x410.jpg 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I finally got it exactly as I had hoped&#8230;of course not without a few pair of spattered shoes, stained hands that make me look like a cement layer, a few mad, frantic darts running outside to save my drying brackets when it suddenly started to downpour, and certainly not without some worry that I might have bitten off more than I can chew.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But I don&#8217;t give up easily and the OCD in me makes me keep on going, I become obsessed when I want to do something and will it to happen:)? So I am? thrilled with this result, I have completed the six brackets but who knows, I might just keep on going:)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then with a newfound &#8220;DIY swag&#8221;,? I decided that I can brave taking on not one but two small console tables. They were the perfect size for the small space but wrong color. I wanted an antique gold as that would really pop against the green walls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So first I painted the consoles one light base color, in this case Annapolis Gray because I happened to have a near empty can of it in my garage. I soon realized this little project was a little trickier and about halfway through I was in near tears fearing I had ruined what I started and gotten too confident too fast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unna45asfdmed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30008\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unna45asfdmed.jpg\" alt=\"unna45asfdmed\" width=\"534\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unna45asfdmed.jpg 534w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unna45asfdmed-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unna45asfdmed-125x168.jpg 125w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unna45asfdmed-262x351.jpg 262w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unna45asfdmed-409x547.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unname9988d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30013\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unname9988d.jpg\" alt=\"unname9988d\" width=\"534\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unname9988d.jpg 534w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unname9988d-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unname9988d-125x168.jpg 125w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unname9988d-262x351.jpg 262w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unname9988d-409x547.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u232nnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30014\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u232nnamed.jpg\" alt=\"u232nnamed\" width=\"957\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u232nnamed.jpg 957w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u232nnamed-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u232nnamed-168x126.jpg 168w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u232nnamed-351x262.jpg 351w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u232nnamed-547x409.jpg 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">However once I added the brown glaze then the spray paint, I started to see these little tables were the little tables that could&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnattmed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30022\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnattmed.jpg\" alt=\"unnattmed\" width=\"953\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnattmed.jpg 953w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnattmed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnattmed-168x126.jpg 168w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnattmed-351x263.jpg 351w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnattmed-547x410.jpg 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unntt3amed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30021\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unntt3amed.jpg\" alt=\"unntt3amed\" width=\"953\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unntt3amed.jpg 953w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unntt3amed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unntt3amed-168x126.jpg 168w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unntt3amed-351x263.jpg 351w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unntt3amed-547x410.jpg 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Added some of the glazed wax and lo and behold&#8230;.I was achieving the effect I was after<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unn45tamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30020\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unn45tamed.jpg\" alt=\"unn45tamed\" width=\"953\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unn45tamed.jpg 953w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unn45tamed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unn45tamed-168x126.jpg 168w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unn45tamed-351x263.jpg 351w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unn45tamed-547x410.jpg 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I took a very tiny amount of the glaze when all was said and done along with a damp paintbrush and gently &#8220;brushed over&#8221; everything to create a more antiqued look with a little depth<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u3433nnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30019\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u3433nnamed.jpg\" alt=\"u3433nnamed\" width=\"953\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u3433nnamed.jpg 953w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u3433nnamed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u3433nnamed-168x126.jpg 168w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u3433nnamed-351x263.jpg 351w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/u3433nnamed-547x410.jpg 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then as the paint Gods would have it&#8230;the table actually started looking good. Really good. Exactly as I had hoped good. A lot of experimentation later, with the blackened fingernails and stained hands to prove it, at last I got the desired effect on my tables!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Gratifying&#8230;heck yea. But let me remind you there is no &#8220;secret formula&#8221; and that it was just learning as I went, trusting my instincts (sometimes), taking deep breaths and making sure my steely determination did not waiver.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/uz33nnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30018\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/uz33nnamed.jpg\" alt=\"uz33nnamed\" width=\"536\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/uz33nnamed.jpg 536w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/uz33nnamed-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/uz33nnamed-126x168.jpg 126w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/uz33nnamed-263x351.jpg 263w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/uz33nnamed-410x547.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And added this gorgeous Annapolis gray (Benjamin Moore)? to create a stone-ish looking top<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/stibe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30024\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/stibe.jpg\" alt=\"stibe\" width=\"953\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/stibe.jpg 953w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/stibe-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/stibe-168x126.jpg 168w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/stibe-351x263.jpg 351w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/stibe-547x410.jpg 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And voila played with a few blue and whites just to see how it looks and by golly, I am thrilled!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3343.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30009\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3343.jpg\" alt=\"3343\" width=\"534\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3343.jpg 534w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3343-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3343-125x168.jpg 125w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3343-262x351.jpg 262w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3343-409x547.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The lighting in my garage is fluorescent so disregard the green cast here, will be much prettier against these mossy green walls!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2144-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2144-10.jpg\" alt=\"2144-10\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2144-10.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2144-10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2144-10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2144-10-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2144-10-168x168.jpg 168w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2144-10-351x351.jpg 351w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unname78787d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30010\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unname78787d.jpg\" alt=\"unname78787d\" width=\"534\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unname78787d.jpg 534w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unname78787d-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unname78787d-125x168.jpg 125w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unname78787d-262x351.jpg 262w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unname78787d-409x547.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This might have opened up a can of worms&#8230;..I am kind of liking this.<em> Now<\/em> I get what the fuss is about&#8230;it was therapeutic I will not lie, playing, experimenting while crossing my fingers about how it might come out. There is a tremendous amount of satisfaction that comes with knowing you created something completely by your own two hands.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">To recap on what I did-<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Used a primer (any white primer will d0) I happened to have the gray\/white paint in? my garage so used that<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A few sponges and 2 paintbrushes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">An inexpensive painters tray or large plastic\/aluminum container<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A dark brown glaze and a dish of water, plenty of paper towels<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Design Master spray paint in a gold of your choosing<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A? gold wax, either the ones I used or something comparable (Decorart or Rub n Buff)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A few pair of those thin plastic gloves you can buy just about anywhere<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Invest $3.00 in a big plastic drop cloth&#8230;.TRUST ME!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And a whole lot of patience, confidence and perseverance!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And that my friends,? is the story of my first official DIY! Thank you for stopping by, wishing you a wonderful Monday afternoon and start to your week. As it will be a busy one, I may not post again until Thurs. or Friday. Will be sure to share progress via my Instagram:) Wish me luck, until next time&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/get-attachment.aspx_21-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381-1024x381-1024x381-1024x3811-1024x3811-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381-1024x3811-1024x381.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-28932\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/get-attachment.aspx_21-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381-1024x381-1024x381-1024x3811-1024x3811-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381.jpeg\" alt=\"get-attachment.aspx_21-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381-1024x381-1024x381-1024x3811-1024x3811-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381-1024x3811-1024x381\" width=\"1024\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/get-attachment.aspx_21-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381-1024x381-1024x381-1024x3811-1024x3811-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381-1024x3811-1024x381.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/get-attachment.aspx_21-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381-1024x381-1024x381-1024x3811-1024x3811-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381-1024x3811-1024x381-300x112.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/get-attachment.aspx_21-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381-1024x381-1024x381-1024x3811-1024x3811-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381-1024x3811-1024x381-168x63.jpeg 168w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/get-attachment.aspx_21-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381-1024x381-1024x381-1024x3811-1024x3811-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381-1024x3811-1024x381-351x131.jpeg 351w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/get-attachment.aspx_21-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381-1024x381-1024x381-1024x3811-1024x3811-1024x3811-1024x381-1024x381-1024x3811-1024x381-547x204.jpeg 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">P.S. Down to the end of the blue and white going going gone promo (ends tomorrow), some things are sold out but I have 1&#8217;s and 2&#8217;s left of several more. Click here for the details-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OB-snapshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29974\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OB-snapshot.jpg\" alt=\"OB-snapshot\" width=\"807\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OB-snapshot.jpg 807w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OB-snapshot-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OB-snapshot-168x140.jpg 168w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OB-snapshot-351x293.jpg 351w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OB-snapshot-547x456.jpg 547w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">P.P.S. If you missed my <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/2015\/10\/seven-on-sunday-28\/\"><em>Seven on Sunday, click here<\/em><\/a> (it&#8217;s a good one)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi? there friends, so this is the big week of the Ronald McDonald showhouse! I am both excited and admittedly a little nervous, OK maybe a lot nervous. Praying my space comes out as beautiful as it is in my mind and on paper (thanks to the gorgeous rendering from PVE). 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