DIY Galvanized Farmhouse Centerpiece

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I am a sucker for thrift store finds.  Someone else’s trash is totally my treasure!  I love to go hunting for lil’ treasures that I know will clean up easily and can be given a new life without breaking the wallet.  This DIY Galvanized Farmhouse Centerpiece is my new thrifted find.

 

Of course, any good find always comes with what I like to call “Junk Character,” which means grunge, gook, possibly a weird smell, and that annoying little price tag sticker that doesn’t want to come off.

Since Spring is right around the corner, I got the itch to to give my dinner table an updated centerpiece.  My house has a farmhouse vibe, so anything rustic, distressed and galvanized is a favorite.  I recently scored a shiny, silver Lazy Susan that I knew would fit perfectly on my farmhouse table sans the shiny metal part.

 

Here’s a before picture of some of my recent thrifts.  As you can see they are totally chocked full of grime, dust and those annoying price tag stickers.

After any good pick, I always clean my treasures up with various cleaning solutions.  I use Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes on almost everything basically to wipe away someone else’s years of germs.  Yuck!   Pine-Sol® and Formula® 409 work well to remove grease, grime and adhesives that have built up.  If I thrift linens or fabrics, I like to wash them with all® Laundry Detergent  and of course,  Sparkle® Paper Towels are a must have for all of it.

My thrifted crock was just plain dirty.   A quick wipe down with a few  Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes and it looks brand new!

I also used  Formula® 409 and Sparkle® Paper Towels  to remove that annoying price tag adhesive.  Sometimes though, I like to leave the price tag on, in view so my husband will see it’s a thrifted item and not a NEW item from my favorite retailer. Ha!

Formula® 409 Multi Surface is great to clean metal items with too.  This silver Lazy Susan cleaned up so it now totally sparkles like a mirror.  Unfortunately, it’s just too shiny for my farmhouse style.

No worries, it’s really easy to give shiny metal a galvanized faux finish with paint.  To turn my shiny Lazy Susan in to a DIY Galvanized Farmhouse Centerpiece,  I mixed  grey, white and metallic paint together on a plate then used a sponge dauber to lightly dab the mixed paints in a circular motion  over the metal.

Don’t worry, you can’t do this wrong.  Just keep dabbing, blending the colors slightly until you are happy with the over all look.  To give a more realistic look, dab some of the areas with more white and gray to create a distressed look.

After your paint is dry, spray over the finish using a spray paint clear coat  or Mod Podge to keep the paint from chipping.

Look how great my DIY Galvanized Farmhouse Centerpiece turned out!  My thrifted items cost less than $6 and has given my dinner table a fresh farmhouse look for Spring.

 

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