India Inspired Bedside Dresser ∙ How To by Mark Montano on Cut Out + Keep

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Published about 3 years ago

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Time:3h00

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So-so

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Mark Montano

New York Angeles, CA, United States

2009

17 projects · 111 followers

With plain walls and bedding your India inspired furniture can be the focal point of the room.

My 5 year old neighbor Victoria was mesmerized by this side table so I guess I already know where it will be ending up after this book is finished. Nothing better than some jewels to liven up an otherwise drab side table for a girlâ€™s room, right! This technique is really simple and can fancy up any plain surface. Try it on mirrors or even an entire dresser. With plain walls and bedding your India inspired furniture can be the focal point of the room.

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The Big-Ass Book of Home Decor: More than 100 Inventive Projects for Cool Homes like Yours

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The Big-Ass Book of Home Decor: More than 100 Inventive Projects for Cool Homes like Yours by Mark Montano

Published by Abrams

You have a problem. Your current home ?décor” is ugly, shabby, and boring, but you can’t afford lots of new stuff. Or maybe your house is filled with tired old junk that you just can’t bear to throw away. Or maybe you bought all your furniture at a big box store, but it irritates you that it all looks like you bought it there. You have a solution?or, rather, a whole houseful of solutions. In this newest Big-Ass Book, do-it-yourself guru Mark Montano presents 105 practical, simple, and decidedly unboring projects for every space in your home. Montano’s wizardry?accomplished with masking tape, spray paint, and glue?transforms everything from accessories, to walls and windows, to lighting, to major pieces like headboards, tables, ...

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Instructions

Project Cost: Reasonably Priced

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Remove all of the hardware from your dresser and wipe clean. Sand it a little bit first if you have to.
2

Spray paint (or paint) your entire dresser. Give it several coats.
3

When dry, place the lace on top of each surface and lightly spray over it with the metallic gold spray paint to get the relief of the lace.
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Continue doing this all over the entire side table.
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When youâ€™ve completed the table, play with your gems to figure out where they will be glued. Itâ€™s pretty easy since most lace has a repeat pattern.