Wood work!

In my efforts to make my little craft  (play) room  more efficient, I decide to make another change. Out went the wooden work unit and I purchased  a small unit from Ikea , which matched the other long unit. I now have one long unit with space and storage galore, a result at last!

Whilst there I purchased another one of these....

...now with two of them, I had plans for them both. But first I had to paint and decorate them.

The first one was given a wash with two Plaid paints...

...I used these two colours and just dry brushed them in, I didn't want it perfect and I didn't want the whole surface covered....

..it dried quickly. Whilst drying I set to with some wallpapers pieces which I'd been given...

..I roughly cut three pieces, two for the sides and one for the top, (the underside and back were just painted)

but they weren't quite right so I tore around all the edges....

...not being to careful and then I glued them on to the three sides.....

.....once dry I dry brushed a little paint over the torn areas of paper....

....whilst that was drying I set about the drawers. I decided to paint these with blackboard paint....

....but they were too plain. So using three complimentary stamps I stamped with white Stayzon and edged with gold Galaxy marker.....

...it matches with the design on the paper perfectly, right down to the gold edges.

There's plenty of room for me to chalk on the draw fronts what's in where!

I gave the three sides a coat of matt varnish....

.....The other one I just did without taking many pictures.

I gave it a coat of white paint (watered down as it's thirsty wood) and when dry it got another white coat.

I then picked four colours of paint and just dabbed randomly over it. After drying I made a buttermilk colour and gave it one coat. I wanted the other colours to show through. Before it was completely dry I used a damp cloth and rubbed in some Plaid glaze (New Gold Leaf) once again it was rubbed in randomly as I didn't want a perfect finish.
Once dry using black Stayzon and a small butterfly stamp, I embellished the whole front....

....and now it's filled with inks and pens....

...I'm pleased as I got the finish I wanted and they hold all my paints, pens inks and sprays.

I'm finally getting organised.  Next job.... well, I have more boxes to decorate!