Books Upcycled As Kitchen Decor with Dollar Tree Stencil & Previous Decor Book Projects
March 09, 2021
This is a another stencil I purchased recently at Dollar Tree.
It fit perfectly on a couple of thrifted books, so I transformed them into decorative kitchen cookbooks.
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I brushed a base coat on the books with Ceramcoat Acrylic Paint in Black.
Then I painted one with Dixie Belle Chalk Finish Paint in Barn Red and one in Hurricane Gray. After the paint was dried, I wet distressed the edges with a wet tee shirt rag. I concentrated on the edges. The wet distressing technique leaves the black acrylic paint showing through chalk paint on the edges.
Like I said, the Dollar Tree stencil fit the books perfectly.
I stenciled the kitchen wares in Dixie Belle Hurricane Gray, Putty, and Fluff.
This is the crazy way I fill in the stencil bridges, with torn bits of blue painter's tape, placed around the gaps.
I simply use a very fine stencil brush to pounce in the gaps.
I cut Breakfast and Lunch from my Delicious Menu Decor Transfer and rubbed them on the spines.
I have used this decor transfer for several projects already.
I painted the second book with Hurricane Gray with Putty, Barn Red, and Fluff stencils.
Here is book two with the stenciling complete.
Here are both book fronts,
And the spines.
I waxed both of the books with Dixie Belle Easy Peasy Spray Wax.
The books coordinate with my kitchen decor!
Here are more of my decor book projects:
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Love your books. I like cookbooks of any kind, and repurposing old books to look like cook books is fun! Thanks for sharing.
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