Wall sconce makeover...with lots of errors.

Happy Day!

Lookie here! 

I have been busy redoing to some stuff for Ebay. But very slowly. I have pulled a muscle in my back so I have to keep taking breaks to do the heating pad.

I don't even know what I did. 

A true sign of how terribly out of shape I am. 

Well, I found these two wall sconces at the Goodwill in beautiful Traverse City, Mi.

They were a whopping 2.99 each. Kinda steep for me lol. 

Did I mention these are a plastic/resin like material?

So comes mistake one, I used regular Krylon spray paint. Not paint meant for plastic. 

The first coat went on great, but the second caused the paint to bubble up. 

But I thought mmmm I bet I can get a good crackle finish. So I went and got some DecoArt crackle medium and a big bottle of Titanium white by DecoArt.

I painted the layer of white on and let it dry. Then I did the crackle and let it dry and then I did the white again and let it dry. It cracked. But not a huge amount. Its just a hint of crackle. 

Mistake number two! I wanted to do a little distressing. Cool, okay but I forgot to clean the dust off before I put a coat of poly on it. lol. Woops.

So I basically sealed the dust of the paint and undercoat in the deep spots. 

So that looked stupid. So I heavily glazed it and BOOM. Done!! I absolutely love the old worn look these have between the crackle and the glazing. Paired with the crystal candle holders, they rock! 

 These are going on Ebay. I have an Etsy that I don't use. I have 1000 positive feedback on Ebay. I have to take advantage of that :)

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Would you call these shabby or French Chic? Or neither? 

Thanks for coming by!

Deb