Good Morning!
Today I'd like to share with you quick centerpiece I put together yesterday to give my poor, neglected dinning room table a little character. Poor thing has been naked for weeks and weeks.
In keeping with the simplistic theme I'm enjoying lately, I decided to keep it . . . well . . . simple!
I started with a drop cloth runner (a favorite of mine), and then added a soup tureen from my collection.
Inside I placed a simple rose plant I picked up at the grocery store just because I couldn't pass by their cheerful yellow flowers without smiling.
Ahhhh, aren't the blooms so pretty!
On a recent thrift store trip I found two footed desert cups. Since I'd been looking for somewhere to use them, I added them on either side of the tureen. They make wonderful holders for tea lights to give me the glow of candle light I love this time of the year.
At this point, the display was looking good but for some reason I wanted to add a little more to the mix.
After thinking about it for a while I decided it needed an extra layer for texture. I tried trays and platters . . . but nothing was rocking my boat. I finally realized maybe a cutting board would work so I added one from my collection and it was just what was needed . . . however it was too small.
I figured I could make my own very easily which is what I decided to do. After finding a piece of scrap wood from the garage, I cut it to the size I wanted and then sanded all the edges down nice and smooth. Then out came the stain and it look like this.
As the stain was drying, I got to thinking that it might be fun to have a footed cutting board. After digging around in my craft supplies I found four wood wheels . . . Huh! . . . Not sure where they came from but apparently I had some grand plans for them at one time!
Now that the stain was dry I realized it was too dark for my taste. I must have been a little heavy handed with the stain in my rush. To lighten up the dark stain I watered down some white paint and dry brushed it on. Using only a very small amount until it was covered but not at all perfect. Once the paint was dry, I sanded it all down until their was very little paint left. The last step was to hot glue the wheel "feet" on.
I'm loving the results!
I think the whitewash helped added a great texture and the feet make it a little more fancy. I did add a layer of finishing wax over the whole thing to protect it. I'm not planning on using it for food so I thought it couldn't hurt.
I guess since I'm not using it was a cutting board maybe I should call it something else.
A wood trivet perhaps?
Whatever they name, I'm liking the look. It adds the perfect extra layer I thought my centerpiece needed.
Talk to you soon,
