11/23/2023 0 Comments Diy black lampIt even makes the plastic bauble look better! Painting this lamp really highlighted all the pretty parts… (I was afraid the clear coat would pool in the crevices.) You could use a clear matte spray sealer too. When I was finished distressing in all the right places, I sealed with Dixie Belle’s clear wax. I chose to wet distress instead because sanding likely would have taken the finish down to what is beneath the gold, which is probably a white/gray color. The sooner you wet distress the better or it will be harder to remove the paint. When my lamp was just barely dry, I dipped a cloth in water and rubbed it across all the areas I wanted to the gold to show through: Instead of sanding to let some of those pretty gold accents show through, I chose to wet distress. It only took one coat of Antebellum for full coverage on this lamp: I could see this color on bedroom furniture paired with bright white bedding and white curtains. It’s kind of a moody color and Falls outside my normal light and breezy color palette, but it was nice stepping outside my norm for a change. This was $5.25 and of course, I was drawn to the glass bauble in it! (Turns out, it’s actually plastic.) I thought this lamp was the perfect piece to use it on: I had a special request to use the color Antebellum by Dixie Belle on something, and I too wanted to try it out. Hello fabulous friends!! Today I’m back sharing what I did with one of the two lamps in my Winter Thrift Store Haul, and it was the perfect piece to show how to wet distress and highlight all those pretty details!
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