DIY Stencil Tray – Before & After
Repurposing items from thrift stores is a great way to treasure discarded pieces and turn them into trendy and useful pieces! Adding a little paint and a DIY stencil, you can transform a thrift store wooden tray into a beautiful farmhouse inspired focal piece!
I scored this wood and tile tray from my local Habitat for Humanity store for $4. As adorable as the tile design was, I knew immediately I was going to paint it with a stencil…and that’s exactly what I did!
Here is the before…Truth be told, I felt a little guilty tearing up these cute tiles, lol.
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Lets Make It Together!
I began by chiseling up the tiles with a hammer, paint scraper and flat tip screwdriver.
I also purchased 4 square ceramic tiles at my Habitat Restore for $2 and I painted them using Rust-Oleum primer paint. I actually loved the white color of the primer, so I left that as the base color!
While that dried, I got busy creating my stencil on my Silhouette Cameo. I cut the design on sticky shelf liner, my favorite way to make stencils and then weeded it with a sewing seam ripper. Silhouette actually carries a whole line of products for vinyl transfer tools but I personally love my seam ripper and other tricks I’ve learned along the way! *You can find more of my Silhouette Cameo tutorials here.
I then transferred it using clear sticky shelf liner, also another favorite, and used an old gift card to make sure it was adhered properly.
Once the stencil was adhered, I removed the clear transfer and got busy painting using my favorite chalk paint, Dixie Belle in Bunker Hill Blue.
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Why I Love Dixie Belle Paint
- Beyond easy to use! I mean, literally
- Creates a flat rich finish that is easily distressed on furniture or crafts
- No sanding or priming. No VOC’s
- Creates no brush marks
- Doesn’t “peel” off wet paint when applying more
- Requires only one coat
- Water based so only water is required to wash out your brushes
- Dries within minutes
- A little goes a realllly long way!
- And again…no sanding or priming required!!! Super win for a busy mom!
Once I was done painting, I let it dry for about 15 minutes and then I removed the sticky stencil and wa-la!
I absolutely love how it turned out!!! It’s so pretty!
It looks so pretty on my newly built and renovated back porch!!
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