I've seen these cement finial things all over blog land.
Pottery Barn even has one.
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After reading
THIS post, I decided I needed to find a way to make one... as cheap as possible. Since I didn't have a cement finial, I had to improvise. So on a couple of my many thrift store escapades, I found a wood finial, and a bowl. After that, it all came together.
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The guts of this project- my bowl and finial.
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Drill a hole through the bowl(the screw will go in better and faster) then screw a screw into the finial.
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It should look like this.
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Now, take some spackle and spackle the heck out of the finial.
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Let the spackle dry.
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Now, paint the whole thing brown. Don't leave any white showing. Let the paint dry.
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Next, paint over the brown with white. Be sure to leave some brown showing.
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Lastly, enjoy your creation.
Total price: $1.50!
5 comments:
I like the one you did better. :D Very creative!
This is absolutely amazing! I want to find those wood things to make some!
Awesome! That looks really cool.
-Bekah
Very clever! I wouldn't have thought to use plaster!
Sarah
Can you smooth out the spackle a little with sand paper?
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