Juliet balcony - detail

March 14, 2013
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I spray painted the "wrought iron" assembly flat black, which instantly changed the entire look. The finials are a little bent, but I like that for an old house. To age the iron, I dabbed on Bittersweet Chocolate by Americana, followed by a light wash of Terra Cotta, also by Americana. Doesn't look like plastic anymore.

I glued the sandpaper to the top of the basswood base to create the balcony floor. I then glued on the surrounding trim. At this point, I would normally fill in any gaps with spackle and sand smooth. It's an old house, so I left the gaps.

I painted the balcony floor with the charcoal grey mix I had used for the main roof and painted the wood trim and underside plain black. I also painted the support piece black. I crackled white over the wood trim and underside of the balcony as well as the support piece. With all these layers of glue and paint, the wood bowed on the bottom of the balcony - a happy accident I couldn't have planned for if I tried. I added a grey wash to the balcony floor to give the charcoal grey paint some depth and age.