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Vanity Makeover From "Embellish This!" episode DEMB-109

Host Dena Fishbein shows you an easy way to redo a tabletop.

Materials:

Old vanity
Museum board (available at arts and craft stores)
Gold acrylic paint
Sponge brush
Water
Glass cut to fit vanity top
Dried pressed flowers
Design Master Almond spray paint
White glue
Small brush
Gold inkpad
Leaf rubberstamp
Scissors
Flat knobs
Two or three sizes of buttons
Felt
Needle and thread
Hot glue
Mat board
Pencil

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	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C

1. Paint an old piece of furniture with a base coat of white.

2. To cover an old tabletop that is beyond refinishing cut a piece of museum board to size.

3. Give it an aged look by spraying it with Design Masters Almond spray paint.

4. Stamp gold leaves on the mat board.

5. Lay out the dried pressed flowers (figure A) and then secure them with white glue.

6. Place the decorated mat board on the tabletop and then place the glass over the mat board.

7. To give the table a special touch, highlight the carved details by brushing gold paint on them (figure B).

8. Sew the small button to the medium button and the medium button to the large button.

9. Trace the large button onto the felt and cut the felt out.

10. Glue the button to the felt and then onto the flat topped knob (figure C).

11. Screw the knobs onto the vanity.

RESOURCES :

Paper Trimmer
Fiskars
Website: www.fiskars.com
Fiskars Brand Inc.
Website: www.fiskars.com

Almond Spray Paint (Design Master)
Design Master
PO Box 601
Boulder, CO 80306
Phone: 303-443-5214
E-mail: info@dmcolor.com
Website: www.dmcolor.com