This is an old oak phone I picked up at a local flea market for five bucks...
For the body of the phone, I lightly sanded it and then used a red acrylic paint I had in my paint bin. At first it was a bright red. I was hoping that adding a glaze would darken it a bit. It did. I then mixed some black acrylic paint with a little glaze. You kind of have to eyeball it to get the shade you want. I then painted it on one section at a time and then wiped it off. I loved the look!
Sorry for the bad picture :( The middle of the phone was empty. Something was missing from the phone originally. I took a piece of crafting paper with black and tan vertical lines, and cut it to fit the middle. I painted a little polycrylic polyurethane over it. Then I went through my button bag and found a button and sprayed it the same silver metal color. I super glued it to the middle, then painted it also with the polycrylic.
I finished the rest of the phone with a water based polycrylic polyurethane. I put on a couple of coats.
Tah dahhh...Now we have a fun phone and a pop of color in our kitchen!
This is what it looked like before...I took off the bells already, they were gold.
I sprayed the bells and other outer hardware this silver metal color. I love this paint! I picked it up at AC Moore when I was re decorating my bathroom. I used it on the towel racks, and they turned out looking like I spent a lot of money on them...
Sorry for the bad picture :( The middle of the phone was empty. Something was missing from the phone originally. I took a piece of crafting paper with black and tan vertical lines, and cut it to fit the middle. I painted a little polycrylic polyurethane over it. Then I went through my button bag and found a button and sprayed it the same silver metal color. I super glued it to the middle, then painted it also with the polycrylic.
I finished the rest of the phone with a water based polycrylic polyurethane. I put on a couple of coats.
Tah dahhh...Now we have a fun phone and a pop of color in our kitchen!
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