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Lace-Inspired Tray

August 14, 2012 by Valerie Ott 8 Comments

I’m obsessed with painting trays! So far, I’ve knocked off Z Gallerie’s Eye Chart Tray and a long time ago, I made a psuedo French memo board. Trays are so cheap to snatch up at garage sales, and the possibilities are endless. So…here’s my latest:

I had been wanting to try Martha’s line of all-purpose paint and one of her stencil kits, so after I posted about some lace-inspired projects last Monday, I determined how to paint the last tray I had in my basement. (Now I need some more!) Since we’re on vacation, I’m totally gonna cheap-out and not give you a tutorial for this one. You’re all smart people! I just sprayed the tray with gloss paint, waited for it to dry of course, then followed the directions in Martha’s Fair Isle Dots stencil set, using her mother-of-pearl paint. And here are the results:

Now, where to put it? Do you ever make something for the sake of making it, and then not have any idea where to use it? I think I need to have my own garage sale.

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  1. Jennifer @ Town and Country Living says

    August 27, 2012 at 1:50 am

    Great transformation! Love the lacey look!

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  2. Val @ Home Made Modern says

    August 27, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    Thanks for stopping by, Jennifer!!

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  3. nami says

    August 27, 2012 at 6:35 pm

    Hey, I found you at Motivate me Monday link party from Keeping it Simple. I love how the finished tray came out. Simple and elegant. I think I'm gonna hunt for trays at garage sales from now on :)… Thanks for the idea.. 😉

    Vio
    http://www.namiscribbles.blogspot.com

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  4. Val @ Home Made Modern says

    August 27, 2012 at 6:47 pm

    Trays are easy to find…hope you have fun painting one (or some!) Thanks for stopping by…come back soon!

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  5. Maria says

    August 30, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    How beautiful! I love what you did with the tray, what a great makeover! I've been wanting to try some of those Martha Stewart products too!

    Reply
  6. Jessi @ Practically Functional says

    August 31, 2012 at 1:02 am

    Wow, that tray turned out great! Thanks for sharing at The Fun In Functional!

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  7. Dee @ A Lapin Life says

    September 2, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    That is one beautiful difference.

    Dee

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  8. Laura says

    September 4, 2012 at 12:22 pm

    love how this turned out- so pretty! so, what do you do with all your trays?

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