mininecessities Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 For some reason reading the thread about Painted Floors (great idea by the way, love it!) reminded me of an idea I saw once for a Real Life kitchen counter. for a person who can't afford to have their counter re done. They tore up odd shapes of brown grocery bag paper and glued them down then used mod podge or policrylic. You could also use heavy brown packaging paper. I thought of doing it but worried about the cost of the mod podge or other to seal it............as you would need lots of coats. but cheap for a dollhouse (I have an old 50's counter with the metal strip in my RL house. ugh!) I thought it looked awesome. Of course it is not the right surface for a counter, you would need to use chopping boards etc ............but in a dollhouse that wouldn't matter. Would look for the link but this was years ago. The brown paper was torn in odd shapes (tear, don't cut) oh about the size of a coffee cup saucer. The torn edges gave it a pattern. oh wait yea be sure to re size that to 1:12 scale lol............. it really did look neat. Perhaps someone could try it on a scrap piece and see if they like it. just sharing Cheryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shy Spirit Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I have a vague recollection of hearing/reading about this method years ago - hadn't thought about it since. It would make a neat finish for dollhouse counters! Great idea. You could try something like that in coloured tissue paper - that could look neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 We used to do torn paper collages in elementary school that would look lovely immersed in lacquer, like decoupage. Emily, didn't you do something like that with mosaic table tops? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatColorado Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 What a good idea. I'm going to try this with my dollhouse counters, I don't like how they've turned out so I might as well experiment. I have this old paper bag from France that has managed to avoid the recycling bin for a very long time. It's from Le Moulin des Caracoles in Nice. It has green writing on it along with their logo... might be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caseymini Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Back in the 80s I saw a whole floor in a real house done that way. They used heavy duty polyurathine over it and it looked great. It almost looked like tanned leather. Great idea Cheryl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatColorado Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 What do you know... I have half the counter done and I think I like it! I have to wait to see what it does once it's dry, but I think we have a winner. I did a web search and found some recent blog posts on the technique, got a few good ideas that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mininecessities Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 Can't wait to see your pics!! I also like the tissue paper idea.! Cheryl What do you know... I have half the counter done and I think I like it! I have to wait to see what it does once it's dry, but I think we have a winner. I did a web search and found some recent blog posts on the technique, got a few good ideas that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatColorado Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 I'll try to remember to post pics later. I get distracted by other things, lately it's been knitting. I found this link: http://www.myrepurposedlife.net/p/most-popular-posts.html If you scroll down about halfway, she used paperbags to refinish a real dresser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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