Upcycled Vintage Cake Stand
Have you ever been on Pinterest and thought to yourself, "ooooh! I want to make that!" But you never get around to it? That was the case for me with an idea I saw years ago for using a small cake stand as a holder for soap etc. that you would place next to your sink. I pinned the idea to my Home Stuff board and forgot about it until recently, when I noticed how wet and gross the back of my kitchen sink was. The area around my faucet was covered with cleaning products, sponges, etc. I searched YouTube for kitchen organization DIY and what did I find? A tutorial for making a cake stand to hold your kitchen sponge etc. It was a pretty simple dollar store DIY using a candle holder and a glass plate, glued together and spray painted. "I can do that!" I thought. Off I went to Goodwill in search of a glass candle holder and plate, but I found something else - a beautifully-shaped cake stand that was the perfect size! Only problem was...it was UGLY! The glaze over the porcelain was yellowed and cracked and it was painted in a weird American flag motif. Unfortunately, I didn't take a before picture, so I'll have to describe it to you. Dingy over-bleached undershirt white provided the cracked and pitted backdrop for 5 or six one inch blue stars, which were placed randomly over the top of the cake stand. Around the scalloped edge, deep red stripes alternated with blue and white stripes, and the pedestal was banded with blue, then red, then red stars, then a blue band, and finally a red band. In the Antiques Roadshow episode featuring this piece, the appraiser would have gently lifted the precious artifact from a velvet-covered table and carefully turned it over, revealing the inscription, "Thunder Ridge Casino." I don't actually remember what the casino name was, but nonetheless, it reveals a lot. I took one look at the cracked porcelain gem and said "SOLD!" Now let's make something:
Upcycled Vintage Cake Stand:
Materials: cake stand (could probably be made out of plastic, glass or porcelain. Mine was porcelain), semi-gloss spray paint (I used one that had paint and primer in one can), spray paint clear gloss, medium and fine sandpaper, contact paper, cardboard box, gloves, dust mask, tack cloth.
Time required: Approximately 1-2 hours for applying paint coats plus 48 hours dry time.
How to: Take your cake stand outside. Put on your mask and gloves, and use the medium sandpaper to scuff up the surface of the cake stand. This only needs to be done if your stand is painted and the paint is very glossy. After sanding, take the tack cloth and remove all dust from the cake stand. Place stand on cardboard and spray paint according to directions on the can. The key here is you want to spray it, wait for that coat to dry (1-3 minutes), then spray on the next coat. I had to spray the bottom first (it took many coats), wait for it to dry (1 hour) then flip it over and spray the top. I waited another hour for the top to dry, then sanded lightly with the fine sandpaper, removed the dust with the tack cloth, and sprayed it with the gloss (only 2 coats). I waited 48 hours for the paint to completely dry, then added the contact paper to the top. I measured the inside diameter of the plate and used a plastic kids plate with the same diameter to trace the circle on my contact paper.
What I love: The transformation is amazing! I wish I would have taken a before photo. I love the slight shine of the semi-gloss paint, and I absolutely love the pattern of the contact paper. Reminds me of chicken wire. Can you tell I'm into farmhouse decor?
Upcycled Vintage Cake Stand:
Materials: cake stand (could probably be made out of plastic, glass or porcelain. Mine was porcelain), semi-gloss spray paint (I used one that had paint and primer in one can), spray paint clear gloss, medium and fine sandpaper, contact paper, cardboard box, gloves, dust mask, tack cloth.
Time required: Approximately 1-2 hours for applying paint coats plus 48 hours dry time.
How to: Take your cake stand outside. Put on your mask and gloves, and use the medium sandpaper to scuff up the surface of the cake stand. This only needs to be done if your stand is painted and the paint is very glossy. After sanding, take the tack cloth and remove all dust from the cake stand. Place stand on cardboard and spray paint according to directions on the can. The key here is you want to spray it, wait for that coat to dry (1-3 minutes), then spray on the next coat. I had to spray the bottom first (it took many coats), wait for it to dry (1 hour) then flip it over and spray the top. I waited another hour for the top to dry, then sanded lightly with the fine sandpaper, removed the dust with the tack cloth, and sprayed it with the gloss (only 2 coats). I waited 48 hours for the paint to completely dry, then added the contact paper to the top. I measured the inside diameter of the plate and used a plastic kids plate with the same diameter to trace the circle on my contact paper.
What I love: The transformation is amazing! I wish I would have taken a before photo. I love the slight shine of the semi-gloss paint, and I absolutely love the pattern of the contact paper. Reminds me of chicken wire. Can you tell I'm into farmhouse decor?
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