General Finishes - Decoupage

Decoupaged Primitive Trunk

Rebekah Wilson — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 05:00:15 +0000

This trunk was split and falling apart. I used wood glue and bar clamped it .. Filled in holes and replaced hinge screws. I painted the base in Annie Sloan Coco and used some General Finished Dark Chocolate mixed with floetrol and made a glaze and did two heavy coats of glaze and wiped some back here and there to create multitoned dimension. This is my first decoupage project. I had some paper bags from walmart and other places and I tore these up crumbed them and dipped om a bowl of water .. I applied with modge podge until I ran out and had to water down some Gorilla Wood glue. I sealed with General Finishes high performance satin 3 coats .. the base I sealed with General Finishes Flat Out Flat

Products Used

Annie Sloan Coco
General Finishes Dark Chocolate
Floetrol
Modge Podge Matte
Gorilla Glue
Used paper bags
General Finishes Flat out Flat
General Finishes High Performance Satin

Project Category

Decoupage

Color Recipe

General Finishes Dark Chocolate 1 part to 3 parts floetrol for glaze

Decoupaged Turquoise Desk

Thecopperelm — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 04:38:11 +0000

Executive desk refinished with a postal print decoupage, General Finishes Milk Paint in Lamp Black and Snow White, with a color pop of Patina Green and black glaze on the metal base.

Products Used

General Finishes Milk Paint (Lamp Black, Snow White, Patina Green)
General Finishes Black Glaze
High Performance Top Coat

Project Category

Decoupage

A humidor becomes a toilet paper cabinet

mgieseman — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 03:55:04 +0000

The powder room needed a convienent extra paper holder. I took what I believe was a vintage small interesting cabinet that orignially held a tobacco humindor stored inside and had a ash tray on the top which rested in a circle cut in the top. The cabinet held three rolls of paper which seemed good since there was a basket in the bathroom that held five additional rolls.

I ordered a man made white marble top to cover the hole in the top. This added a bit of upscale detail. Then I decoupaged three sides and the bottom bulb of the legs with the black and white checked Mackenzie Childs napkins. I cut a frog from a different MC's napkin to decoupage on the checked napkin.The cabinet was sealed with Minwax polycrylic.

This goes with the theme of the powder room where a collection of frogs is displayed. I used the gold, silver and copper metallic paint to highlight some of the turnings on the humidor.The top of the cabinet is staged with a family of frogs who are reading or listening to a story book. The humidor went from an interesting repurpose to a whimsical repurpose in black and white that surely makes folks smile.

Products Used

Fusion Mineral Paint - Ash
Black and white check and garden paper napkins from MacKenzie Childs
Folk Art metallic Royal Gold, Silver and Antigue Copper paints
Man made custom white mable top
Minwax Polycrylic
detail artist brushes I have had for a long time
sanding block

Project Category

Decoupage

The Traveler

Debbie Watson — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 03:50:58 +0000

I had to really think outside the box when I found this mid century vintage beauty ..She had great bones but her poor leather top had seen better days. I decided to decoupage the top with a cool old world map poster and add matching knobs. The body was painted with General Finishes Lamp Black and sealed with High performance top coat. I love her new Character!

Products Used

General Finishes lamp ,
General Finishes High Performace top coat

Winning Category

Runner Up

Project Category

Decoupage

Love letters

Kristy Gibbs Chorostecki — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 03:21:01 +0000

There are many times as refinishers we say, "Yes, but you should have seen it before!" This is one of those pieces! This little guy had LAYERS of paint that were not coming off with any stripper I tried...and I tried a LOT! I had to break out the heat gun to get all of those layers off. The payoff...this beauty! The top is a beautiful fabric with french script that added to the charm of this beautiful piece.

Products Used

Wise Owl Chalk Synthesis Paint in Vintage Duck Egg
Glaze
Varathane Water Based Polyurethane Matte finish

Project Category

Decoupage

50's Design

Laura Johnson-Hernandez — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 02:33:22 +0000

This mid century chest was beat up and had deep scratches into the wood. I decided the best option was to decoupodge the piece to hide the deep marks. I painted the piece lamp black than measured and cut the poster to fit well onto the drawers, than I used modpodge to adhere the pieces. Once it had set into place and dried I lightly sanded the edges and parts of the poster to give it an aged appearance. It found its new home for family media center room.

Products Used

GF Lamp Black
Poster from Hobby Lobby
Modpodge
GF HPTC in Satin

Project Category

Decoupage

Color Recipe

GF Lamp Black
Modpodge
GF HPTC Satin

New England End Tables

Bethany Youssef — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 01:13:34 +0000

I call these two end tables my New England Duo! One end table has the map of New Hampshire decoupaged on it and the other Maine. The tables were painted a soft white and distressed and sealed with high gloss acrylic spray.

Products Used

Crisp Linen by Valspar
Polycrylic protective finish spray
Mod Podge

Project Category

Decoupage

Dixie Style Decoupage Dresser

Bethany Youssef — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 01:00:30 +0000

Last summer I brought home this dresser from my road trip to New Jersey & Pennsylvania. This particular dresser is a Dixie style popular from the 1950's. This piece was my aunt's childhood dresser. It eventually was used by my 94 year old grandmother while she was in a nursing home. She passed away two years ago. Since then it's been sitting in a shed at my aunt's house in New Jersey. I told my aunt I could breathe new life into this piece so it can be enjoyed once again. She of course said, "Go for it!"

I decided to mod podge 3 out of the 4 drawers with this FANTASTIC contact paper from Hobby Lobby. This map is done in pastel colors and has a very antique vibe to it. I painted the top drawer Sage Green by Valspar and the rest of the dresser in a medium gray color called Cathedral Stone, also by Valspar.

Products Used

Hobby Lobby contact paper & Mod Podge
Cathedral Stone by Valspar, Sage Green by Valspar
Gel Topcoat Satin Finish by General Finishes

Project Category

Decoupage

Floral Creme Jewelry Box

Lou Glaub — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 20:39:14 +0000

This beauty was given a romantic makeover with a little paint and some really pretty floral paper.

Once cleaned and sanded and the glass removed from the door, it was painted with Wise Owl Creme and slightly distressed with fine sandpaper. The original velvet was in excellent condition so it was cleaned and kept. Decorative scrapbook paper was applied to the glass for the doors, front side and back (so that it's mirror reflection is as lovely as it's front) and it was all sealed with GF HPTC Flat. Its perfect for the romantic in you!

Products Used

Wise Owl Creme
GF HPTC Flat
Mod Podge and scrapbook paper

Project Category

Decoupage

"O Holy Night" Christmas Decor

Lou Glaub — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 20:32:38 +0000

This wooden star is now the star of your Christmas decorations after its makeover. It was painted with GF Lamp Black and vintage music sheets were decoupaged on using Modge Podge in a patchwork pattern. The lettering was hand painted on using the Lamp Black and it was all sealed with GF HPTC in Flat. So tell me now, I bet your started humming it in your head!!!

Products Used

GF Lamp Black
Modge Podge and Vintage Music Sheets
GF HPTC Flat

Project Category

Decoupage