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a RUSTIC BAR fit for a Texas girl

12.30.14

What is wrong with this area?  To me… it’s that dreaded old, much despised, almond paint color (builders choice of course).  Then there’s an outlet located right there…WHY?  Sheesh, gotta love silly builders!!!  Anyway, other than the silly outlet, there really isn’t anything completely wrong with it but I have visualized updating this area since we moved in.  (Geezers!  It will be a year tomorrow that we closed on our little house.)  So a happy 1 year anniversary project to Gully Creek Cottage!  A RUSTIC BAR fit for a Texas girl!a RUSTIC BAR fit for a Texas girl

plan

Here’s my little sketch that I’ve had for this area.  What did I envision?

I ♥♥♥ “living in color”, so color was a definite.  Re-purposed elements.  In this case, antique ceiling tiles for a focal background. Credit…(thanks to my daughter who got these in Iowa for us.)

a RUSTIC BAR fit for a Texas girl

And, of course, wood!

wood

Recycled pallet boards.  Credit: (my sweet man collected pallets from the local builders before they disposed of them).

Ta-Da!

bar

A Rustic bar fit more for a Texas girl.   Don’t you think?


Steps~

I started by cutting & sanding my boards to use as the border and the slats for anchoring the tiles and trim onto.  I first base coated them in a brown base color wash, sanded ’em down a bit, then added color washed accents with turquoise and orange tints (to go with my home decor).

color

*I coated each ceiling tile with clear polyurethane for sealing purposes.

Then onto adding the slats to help mount the tiles and trim onto.

slats

After trimming the tiles & cutting my fingers, (mostly my stupidity & the reason I don’t waste $ on manicures anymore)…

mishap

I realized that I wouldn’t use the exposed outlet & I especially didn’t like the way it looked.

See what I mean?  Meet my two bff’s… (Mr. Tomato Can & Ms. Plastic Container).  On projects like these, I sure wish I had more than 2 hands, but call it an innovative mind or Mexican ingenuity…but they helped while I leveled and mounted the final trim pieces.

trim

Adding the last of the trim pieces

bar4

WOWZA!  I’m in ♥!!!

a RUSTIC BAR fit for a Texas girl

Tip:  don’t ever  NEVER underestimate the purpose of old things (in this case ceiling tiles & pallets), or the uses of tomato cans, empty plastic containers and good tunes to help you complete your projects with a smile & some good ‘ole gratification~

gcc

in Design, DIY, Projects # antique, decor, kitchen

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Gully Creek Cottage is a lifestyle blog authored by Belle Jaeger. Sharing DIY's, Cooking, Fashion, Woodworking and life in general! Belle writes about her latest projects, shares some of her favorite recipes, and influences via fashion and DIY's!

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Comments

  1. Ivory says

    06.14.16 at 10:35 pm

    I so love you bar makeover. I am so doing this, thank you.

    Reply
    • GCC says

      06.18.16 at 12:39 am

      Hi Ivory! Thank you and by all means remember to share your pics with me—I can’t wait to see what you do!
      Come back & visit soon!

      Reply

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