Trend Alert! Did you know that you can make inexpensive thrift store or dollar store decorative items (such as vases, bowls, and jars) into pieces that look like they are actually beautiful pottery!! Pretty much any glass or hard plastic decorative piece, that can be painted can be turned into an expensive looking, one of a kind, statement piece by painting it with this easy DIY Textured Paint! It’s amazing!
In this tutorial I opted to paint my objects white DIY textured paint, but you can choose any color you desire. I have seen some amazing thrift store vases transformed when painted to look like terracotta… or even to look like cement! So fun!
Warning… Please don’t be distracted by the candy… it’s almost Halloween… I couldn’t help it! And P.S. I wouldn’t suggest putting gummy candies without wrappers into a painted bowl, but for photos its okay… right?!?! Wink!
SUPPLIES NEEDED TO MAKE TEXTURED PAINT:
- Something to Paint – In this tutorial I’ll be painting some dollar store items, but you can paint anything like vases, bowls, jars, or canisters…
- Paint – I had some white plaint left over from another project, you can mix different colored paints to get the perfect color you are looking for.
- Baking Soda
- Tablespoon Measuring Spoon
- Paint Brush
- Something to Mix the Paint In
- Drop Cloth
STEPS TO MAKE TEXTURED PAINT:
Step 1: Mix your Baking Soda into your Paint. As a general rule to make this textured paint mix 5 parts Paint to 1 part Baking soda. But if you are like me I just poured some paint in a bowl, and then added 3 Tablespoons of baking soda to it. The more Baking Soda you add the thicker and more texture there will be… I think more texture was the look I was going for becasue it turned out very textury!!
If less texture is your style stick with the general rule and just add more layers until the look is accomplished!
Your textured paint should look something like this…
Step 2: Paint your object. While painting your object with textured paint, keep in mind the brush strokes, because they will show up in you finished product. Such as, if your are painting a smooth vase to look like pottery the brush strokes would be going around the circumference of the vase, because that is how pottery is made on a potters wheel. All my objects have lines going up and down so I followed that pattern with my brush strokes. Like this…
Step 3: Add additional layers of your texture paint, letting it dry between each coat, until your desired texture is achieved!
When your objects are fully dry they are ready to be filled with yummy treats… or fall gourds, and tall dried grass… wink!
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We are currently working on a laundry room makeover, so after fall is over I plan to use my new white textured jar to store some of my laundry room soaps in, and decorate the laundry room with some fresh flowers in my new textured vase. Can’t wait!
I hope you feel inspired to try this DIY textured paint idea, to transform your own plain looking glass or plastic items into beautiful pottery pieces. The fact that you can customize the color, and the amount of texture, really gives you the option to make original one of a kind statement pieces! I can’t wait to use this technique in the future with different colors!
Until next time, enjoy creating the look of pottery from inexpensive items, and creating beautiful things everyday!
XO JCL
What a great craft for the fall I love the texture aspect your added to the paint it is great!
This is so cool! I’m all for pottery, but I need to try this DIY version
Didn’t know about this trend till now. Wow! It’s so cool. You did a good job. Nice.
I absolutely love this idea! Anything DIY is my vibe. This looks like so much fun and I love the final product. Thanks for the tutorial I will have to try this out soon. ????
Wait this is seriously so cool!!