Cutting Board Centerpiece

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,

Robin

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