I haven’t had much time lately to tackle the big DIY projects at my house. I have furniture, pallets, burlap, paint and all kinds of other goodies in our garage just waiting to become some wonderful DIY creation. I keep reminding my hubby that I DO have a plan for that pallet and those scraps of wood – and that huge old junky looking window I convinced him I needed.
I’ve finally accepted the fact that I just don’t have time for those big projects right now. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still keeping all those amazing supplies. I just have to be more realistic with my DIY projects at the moment. So this week, instead of stressing about finishing of my big furniture projects, I decided to check some smaller, more realistic projects off the list.
After initially seeing this idea on Pinterest and a host of other blogs, I decided to redo my knife block. It’s one of those boring wood knife blocks that wasn’t really much to look at. I wanted that functional block to become a fun pop of color my kitchen desperately needed.
The first thing I did was sand down the block with my electric sander. Since the piece is small, you could do this by hand, but if you’re planning to be a regular DIY-er, I’d highly suggest buying an electric sander.
Next I primed the block. Normally, I’d suggest just buying spray primer. I decided not to use the spray because I had a HUGE bucket of primer sitting in my basement and thought it would be a waste to buy more.
After letting the primer dry, I grabbed my green spray paint and went wild. (You know I’m quite the party animal if that’s my version of going wild!)
Once the green paint dried, I made my knife block look a bit more distressed. I grabbed some sandpaper and sanded down the corners and wherever else I thought might look good. I sanded by hand this time since I was only distressing a small piece.
Lastly, I sprayed a coat of protective finish to keep my redone knife block extra protected from whatever kitchen mishaps may fly its way (I’m a mess when I cook).
One small DIY project checked off the list! What do you think?
Pretty! Seems nice and easy to do!
Thanks! It’s a really easy and fun kitchen upgrade.
Why don’t you paint something on it maybe a block of cheese. It’s nice but needs more in my humble opinion.
Thanks for your feedback.
I thought about putting something else on it, but I haven’t quite decided what I want yet. I figured I can always add something down the road. Good suggestion!
What a clever little project! And I am soooooo excited that you are one of the contributors to the FOLK blog!!!!! How fantastic is that?!?!?! Way to go!!! Keep up the GREAT work!
Thanks! We’re so excited about being a part of FOLK! Can’t wait to show everyone some of the new ideas we have in store!
Such a great idea! I am so doing this to my boring knife block!
So glad you like it! It’s super easy! I’d love to see how you redo your knife block!
Can you do this for mine?
Haha. Sure! It’s super easy.
I like the fact that you have made the knife block look distressed, adds a very vintage look to it!
Thanks! I love adding the distressed look. Super easy to do, too! Glad you liked it!