In continuation of our spring sign project, it is time to start decorating. Using white craft paint, welcome was painted across the top of the light gray RevBead® sign. Each letter in spring is being painted a different color to represent the beautiful colors of the season. For our sign, we are giving it the […]
A crafty way to welcome spring into your home is to display a decorative sign that will brighten an entryway or add color to accent a mantel. We are constructing our sign using RevBead® Reversible Plywood Beadboard, along with the following materials: Jigsaw or table saw Small nails Hammer Twine Craft paints Paint brushes Wood […]
Finally spring is here, the weather is warming up and the flowers and trees are beginning to bloom in a cascade of pastels. Spring is the season of renewal and new beginnings. It is also a time to clean house and open windows to allow fresh air to carry the dust away. For many, it […]
A really fun and useful craft for display in your kitchen is a menu board constructed of RevBead® Reversible Plywood Beadboard. The supply list for this project consists of: – a piece of RevBead® Reversible Plywood Beadboard – jigsaw or table saw – nail or staple gun – small nails/staples – wood glue – trim […]
Another great idea using RevolutionPly® plywood is to construct a framed cork board. Not only is this a handy message center, but it can also be a stylish addition to a home’s décor. It’s up to each individual’s taste how the cork board is finished with unique framing styles and colors. All you need is […]
To complete our wine rack, we put two coats of a rich mahogany stain on all of the components before the final assembly. We discovered that a paint brush worked better than a cloth or foam brush for applying the stain, and it was painted on in smooth strokes going along the grain. Once the […]
Now that the outer box frame is complete, the next step in our birch plywood and RevolutionPly® wine rack project is to construct the inside shelving that will hold wine bottles. Each of the inside pieces are measured and notched halfway through the panels, so that they will fit together forming an “x” shape. Then […]
We have the pieces cut for the framing of our wine rack. After lightly sanding the edges, we used screws, a hammer and a steel bar to achieve our desired distressed look. This can be done by placing screws on a hard surface, in this case a cement floor, and set the cut pieces of […]
To complete the birch plywood table box, wood glue was applied to the edge of each piece and then finishing nails were used to assemble them into the shape of our finished box. We then filled our box with fresh fir tree trimmings, white lights and red balls and stars in celebration of a holiday […]
Our birch plywood table box is coming along nicely, as we have been working on our pieces to give them a distressed look. An easy way to do this is to use a hammer to tap the edges of the pieces and then place the pieces on top of some nails or screws on the […]