Distressing a Bucket

I love to place what comes from my garden in a bucket. I also love to buy a bunch of flowers from Trader Joe's once a week.  So, I have a few buckets around the house, but I've wanted a unique one, so I decided to transform one.

This is the bucket that I transformed for my One Room Challenge.
It's an ordinary American-made bucket from Home Depot. I've had cheaper ones, but my American made ones never leak even after weeks of use.

I can't show you exactly what I did; it is actually more than distressing, because the goal was a soft faded color with paints and wax.

However, this is what I did...in this order...

I sanded it.

Chalkpainted it with left over Annie Sloan's blues like Duck Egg and Louis Blue.

I distressed my paint job.

I spray-painted it with some left over Rustoleum metallics to look like rust.

I did the same to the applique, except for sanding. I attached the applique with rubber cement. It was tricky, because I probably should of sanded underneath where I wanted to put it, or perhaps used a different application, because of the metal.

But it worked and it's on there.  I cut it to size. I could have gone all the way around, but I wanted a plain side to use the bucket the other way.

When I was done, I used some of the left over wax that I have:  silver, gold, and lime, and waxed the bucket.

So basically, I used whatever I had around the house except for the applique.

The appliques come from Efex Decorative Appliques.

This bucket contains cutting from my garden: some roses and some downward growing olive branches. Overall, it resulted in an interesting effect.

I've done other distressing/painting/patina projects like the one below.



Shabby Romantic Pinboard
and
This bucket as well.

(P.S. I was not compensated. I use these products, because I like them.)
xoxo
Su


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