First Decoupage

When I started this project I really hoped the idea would turn out as good as it did in my head! Once I decided to try it, my next step was to find a suitable piece to upcycle, I came across this in a little charity shop, Perfect I thought! not too big a piece and I was able to take it home in the car

So I parted with my £7.50 and headed to Homebase to big up a can of black gloss spray paint,
Once home I removed those top rails,
Sanded off the majority of the shine from the Mahogany after a wipe down I spray 2 coats of spray paint, no primer, A- because I didnt have any and B. cause I was impatient!

Next was a jaunt in to town, who would have know it was hard to get my hands on some maps! I eventually grabbed a AA road Atlas and a Aberdeen A-Z then cut out areas that were significant to us as a family, our first place, our new house, where we married, first date and where our youngest was born all were cut out to be pasted on the top of the unit,

Next I mixed some cheapy kids PVA glue with a little water, then applied a coat to the unit, forgot to add I also sanded the top to give it some grip, why I painted it when I was going to sand it anyway I have no idea!

Remember at school, when you paper mached a balloon to make some sort of sphere? Its just like that!

once I had covered the top I added another coat of PVA, and after a day or 2 to dry out I give it a quick coat of clear gloss, now, I should have really given it another coat of PVA but in my haste, I didn't, so some of the gloss seeped in to the map paper left it abit translucent, but hey ho!

and here it is -

Overall Im quite pleased with it and goes perfect in our Scottish themed bedroom, I say themed, but more Scottish accents, wee bit of tartan, Stags head etc rather than 'see you jimmy' hats -( Not my husband! )