Stenciled Crates Project

Bonjour Mes Amis!

Hope you've been having a good week!

Today I wanted to share with you one of my latest projects, a pair of painted and stenciled wood crates, which I completed as a project for DecoArt.  I am on the DecoArt design team, so I was super excited to work on this!  The only requirement was that I paint something with their Chalky Finish paint, and use their stencils.  Other than that, it was free reign!

So, I ended up with a couple of wooden crates that I purchases from Home Depot.

Actually they don't carry them in their stores, you have to order them on line.  I really didn't know what to expect, as this was my first experience ordering anything from Home Depot.  I was very pleasantly surprised at not only how quickly they arrived, but the quality of the crates!  They are solid pine and very sturdy. For the price and quality, it wouldn't have paid for my handy hubby to build them!
And, they are made in the USA!

Anyway, back to the crates!

For the one below, I painted the entire piece with DecoArt's "vintage" chalky paint.  It is a really pretty light blue.  I distressed it a bit around the edges, then used their stencils to add a French accent!

I used "night sky" in their satin acrylic paint for the stenciling.

 I took the crates to our botanical gardens for a little photo shoot, and had so much fun among the blooms!

 Love this French themed stencil!

 I then added "No 4" to each end, using DecoArt's "Old World Numbers" stencil.

 For the second crate, I painted it in "Yesteryear" Chalky Finish paint, a soft light gray.

A bit of distressing around the edges, then the fun part of stenciling!

 I chose the "Brocade Motif" for this one, and used "Promise" Chalky Finish paint for the stencil.  It is a really soft pale pink, and such a pretty color along with the gray, I think.

I thought this cute little flower cart at the gardens made a fun backdrop!

 Here is a crate before I painted and stenciled it!

 What could be more French than the fleur de lis motif?  I thought that was very fitting to add to the ends of the crate.

 After the crates were painted and stenciled, I then covered them all with a coat of DecoArt's light satin varnish, for protection.

All in all, it was a super fun project!  I can hardly wait to get some more crates to work on!

I was compensated by DecoArt for this project, but the opinions are my own:)
I've added the crates to my Etsy shop, if you care to take a peek.

Have a great weekend, and thank you for stopping by!
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