Diy Lacquered Boxes

Recently when I visitied Nell Hill's inwards Kansas City (see my tour here), the exclusively affair I took habitation amongst me was a lot of inspiration!  There was i affair I was tempted to buy, but I speedily realized it would hold upwards such an slowly DIY.  The shop was amount of colorful lacquered boxes...oh hence pretty in addition to handy for fashionable storage on a tabular array or bookshelf.

I knew that I had i sometime box at home, in addition to a quick trip to Michael's in addition to $3 got me a smaller one.  Here they are before:

I removed the clasp locks on both because I knew I wanted something unlike at that topographic point in addition to filled the holes.  I simply used minor pieces of painter's record to encompass the hinges inwards the back.  Then, I used or hence spray primer to prep the raw forest box.  I was afraid the coverage would hold upwards spotty if I didn't.  When it was dry, that box got a lite sanding, in addition to then I applied a few coats of Meadow Green to both boxes.

Even though the greenish pigment is a glossy finish, I used a clear spray acrylic gloss topcoat for an extra layer of shine.

Remember the Christmas ornaments turned curtain medallions in addition to backplates for my PRC Cabinet hardware?  Now i is adorning my shiny greenish box!  On the smaller box, I institute a carved forest decorative slice at Hobby Lobby in addition to sprayed it gold.  Both convey a crystal added to the center.

To attach them, I used hot mucilage in addition to secured them to exclusively i department of the box... the lid for the piddling box in addition to the bottom for the big box.  They opened upwards in addition to unopen unhindered in addition to the ornaments assist cover the spot where the sometime clasps were removed, spell upping the glam factor!

I'm enjoying the popular of greenish in addition to then bear over to this side of the room.

It's a fleck hard to photograph the sheen, but y'all tin come across it a piddling ameliorate here.  Nice in addition to shiny!

I can't call upwards how much the inspiration boxes were at Nell Hill's, but I'm certain I came out ahead past times using what I had!  What produce y'all think? Are y'all inwards on the lacquer craze?

Linking upwards with:  The Shabby Nest, Thrifty Decor Chick

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