This is the first time that I have used a drop cloth in one of my projects and it was SO fun that I decided to make 2 DIY  Drop Cloth Projects instead. You may remember the Farmhouse Drawer Caddy that I recently made out of a old dresser drawers and legs? Well, one of the projects that I am sharing is the stool that came with it! The other is a door that came off an old cabinet, repurposed into hooks!

2 DIY Drop Cloth Projects

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Supplies needed:

• An old stool- you can find them in a thrift shop or your local garage sales
• Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint – Layla’s Mint
• Miss Mustard Seeds Milk Paint – Farmhouse White
• Drop cloth – I picked my drop cloth up at Bunnings for $28 but Amazon has them for much cheaper.
• Miss Mustard Seeds Milk Paint – Wax
• Sanding block
• Staple Gun – I got my stable gun as a gift from my kids but there is tone on Amazon that is similar.
• Glue Gun – Even though this is a little more, I love my Bosch Glue gun as it is a non-drip glue gun and you save so much as you don’t go through so much glue refills! Very worth the investment 🙂
• Stencil of your choice
• Americana Acrylic Deco Art Lamp Black Paint
• Stencil Brush
• Old door – you can find them at garage sales and thrift shops
• Carbon Transfer Paper
• Sharpie – Fine Point
• Drill
• 5 x Crystal Drawer Pulls

 

Step 1 – Take out the insert of the lid of the stool and remove old cover. Don’t throw out as you can use this as a guide when cutting out the drop cloth. Mix up your Layla’s Mint and Farmhouse White Milk Paint with water, ratio 1:1. Give it a good mix making sure that all of your lumps are dissolved. Let sit for about 5 minutes before painting. Give your stool 2 coats of each colour. Start off with the base and finish with the lid. Once dry distress, with your sanding block, depending on how distressed you would like your stool to be. If your like me you’ll go heavy!! LOL 🙂

Wax to seal.

 

 

Step 2 – Taking the scraps that were removed from the cushion insert, layout onto your drop cloth and cut out. Using your staple gun, start on the longer sides and begin to stable into place. Then begin on the second side ensuring that you pull tight as you go. Repeat the same process on the smaller sides so that you get a nice clean fold.

 

 

Stencilling Time

Step 3 – Using masking tape or painters tape make two strips with a gap in the middle on the top of the cushion.

Handy Hint: Make sure you measure from either side of the cushion, using a ruler, so that is in the centre.

 

 

Step 4 – Then using a stencil brush and the same coloured chalk paint as you use on the base, dab lightly in the centre and let dry.

 

 

Step 5 – If you have been following me for a while on Facebook, or here on my blog, you’ll know that I just LOVE decorating with numbers and of course had to add a number to this sweet stool!!  Using your number stencil and Americana Acrylic Deco Art Lamp Black paint, stencil a number onto either side of the line. I used 18, as it’s my lucky number! Replace the cushion insert into the stool and glue, for stability.

 

 

You can find her for sale over in my shop

Let’s move on to the next part of the 2 DIY Drop Cloth Projects!

 

 

Step 1 – Give 2 to 3 coats of Farmhouse White. Once dry, take your sanding block and distress to the desired look.

 

 

Step 2 – Cut out a piece of drop cloth the size of your door. Stable to the back of the door using your staple gun and then trim back any excess.

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Step 3 – Printed out a verse spreading it across 3 pages. You would have to adjust it to the size of your door.
The quote I used and LOVE was:

~May your walls know Joy; may every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility – Mary Anne Radmacher-Hershey ~

Tape down the saying to the drop cloth so it doesn’t move during the transfer process. Then using the transfer paper and the end of a pen, trace around the lettering.

Handy Hint: Make sure you move the transfer paper along as you go, otherwise you’ll get to the end and half of the design will be missing 🙁 Also make sure you apply a bit of pressure while tracing.

Step 4 – Then using your sharpie go over the quote.

 

Step 5 – Drill 5 holes after you have spaced them out equally and then attach your 5 Crystal Door Handles.

 

And there you have a sweet DIY Drop Cloth Door Hook!

 

 

I have to tell you both of these projects were so fun to make and would love to see yours!

Don’t have time to make now? Be sure to pin for later 🙂

 

 

Like these projects? Be sure to check out these other drop cloth projects that my sweet friends have been busy making! 🙂

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