This is a makeover I did a while back and have been meaning to share with you. I took a small thrift store cabinet that was structurally sound, but not very pretty. I painted it in cream acrylic paint and then used beeswax to adhere my original vintage images. These are from a 1920's French fashion magazine. When you use beeswax with paper this old it just seems to all melt together; the paper acquires a translucent quality that I really like (for more on working with beeswax see my tutorial here). I cut off the backs of upholstery tacks and glued those to the front.
Here is the before.
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Paper—vintage images from my collection
Embellishments—upholstery tacks
Miscellaneous—acrylic paint, beeswax
Such a cool makeover! I've never worked with beeswax but I've seen some amazing paintings done with it.
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Suzanne
Amazing transformation Shani.
ReplyDeleteWhaou!! Quelle transformation!!! Beau travail Shani, j'adore!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow--what a transformation!
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous!! It's absolutely gorgeous!! Where did you end up putting it? What are you going to use it for? Do tell!!
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