My hubby cut two small
pieces of scrap wood for me, which were also sprayed ORB and became the pieces that would hold the «strings» and be the fret at the bottom.
Not exact matches
We decided this year to make an inexpensive welcome sign
for our favorite season using a
piece of scrap wood and some craft supplies.
If you are still not sure, mix up a small amount and paint a
scrap piece of wood to get the feel
for painting with chalk paint.
The stunning illustrations
of the work in progress on
pieces of scrap wood are by artist Miguel Fuster, who lived on the street
for 15 years.
Using one 4 x 4 post, cut two 6 - inch
pieces (we had Home Depot cut these
for us from a smaller
piece of 4x4
scrap wood post).
Other than the legs, the walnut
for the top, bead board and one
piece of wood for the shelf, the remaining
pieces were
scraps we had in the garage.
Using
scrap pieces of wood and leftover Benjamin Moore Hale Navy paint from the dressers, we created 4 square backdrops
for these super fun gilded lego people, super heroes and toy cars.
Since you've already done a dry fit
for the
pieces, just apply an even, yet somewhat light amount
of glue to the backing, use a glue spreader or plastic scraper
of some sort (or even
scrap wood) to spread the glue out evenly.
So, rather than just secure a pretty oil rubbed bronze holder to the wall, I attached it to a
piece of stained
scrap wood to create a shelf
for decorative accessories like a small plant, air freshener, vase
of flowers, extra t.p. or even just cell phone accident prevention, if you know what I mean.
2 EXTRA
pieces (aka:
Scrap pieces)
of pallet
wood cut to about 8» long (used to stabilize the «shelf top»
for the gluing process)
I used a
piece of scrap wood from our
wood shop class (perks
of being a teacher) and measured out some holes
for placement.