A Better Tissue Box

Why didn’t think of making a tissue box before now? I don’t know how many times I’ve passed these wooden boxes at Michaels.

And I found the frame at Dollar Tree. I saw them many times on other blogs and went on the hunt for some. I bought 4! Not for the frame, but for the scrollys  in the corners!I pried them off (it was NOT easy! I broke one in the process, sniff sniff) and glued them on the tissue box. Painted the whole thing white, then used my Ralph Lauren Smoke Glaze.

I couldn’t decide whether I wanted it painted antique white or painted black with bronze highlights. I went with the white because it would be much easier to paint over if I didn’t like it!

(It looks a little pink in the picture but it’s just the RED wall reflecting off of it.)

Now for some reason, the cardboard tissue box did NOT fit in the wooden one! I thought it was supposed to. So I just took the tissues out of the cardboard box and placed them in my new one (it opens from the bottom).

A FEW TIPS:

1. When I paint something small like this, I paint it on a pizza box (or something similar) because it has a wax coating. My project doesn’t stick to it like it would to newspaper.

2. When using the Ralph Lauren glaze, you must work FAST! Or else it will set and look blotchy.

3. I am using Windows Live Writer to write this post. Why did I not know about this sooner!! It makes it so easy to write a post, add pictures, resize them, move them where you want…. Love it! It was already on my computer and didn’t know it! But you can also download it here.


UPDATE: If you want to see how I made the bird on a perch, click here!

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