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Hello and welcome to another fun Thrift Store Décor Upcycle Challenge! Each month I team up with several awesome bloggers to take an item from blah to ta-da!

I have so much fun with this challenge because I really get to test my creativity and DIY skills. Not to mention it’s amazing to see what everyone comes up with.

So let’s get started!

The Rules:

Upcycle an item(s) from a thrift store, resale store, or garage sale into a new piece of decor.
There’s no monthly theme.
There’s no budget to stick to.

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Supplies Used: (Affiliate links may be provided for convenience. For more info, see my full disclosure here.)

Flat Black Spray Paint
Waverly Inspirations Chalk Paint in Mineral
White Paint
Medium Grit Sandpaper
1×6
Minwax Wood Stain in Provincial
Liquid Nails

When I spotted these decorative pedestals sitting on a shelf at Goodwill I instantly knew that they would be perfect to create different heights when I am decorating tables and shelves.

One was marked at $3.99 and the other at $1.99 but the cashier gave them both to me at the lower price–yay!! PLUS it was 50% of Saturday so I got both of them for only $1 each.

Now even though there is nothing necessarily wrong with sunshine yellow, I am a neutral girl to the core so I knew that they just had to be painted white.

I wanted to create multiple paint layers since I wanted to distress them so I started with a coat of flat blat spray paint.

Did you catch that I didn’t remove the price stickers or paint the tops? That is because I planned on eventually covering them as you will see in a second.

Once the black was dry I applied a coat of light brown chalk paint from my stash.

I finally applied two coats of white paint.

Distressing is always my absolute favorite step. Using a small piece of sand paper I pulled the colors from underneath and highlighted the pretty details of the embossed design.

I love a good white and wood combo so I measured the tops and then cut a piece that size out of some scrap 1×6. I stained them with my trusty Minwax Wood Stain in Provincial and let them dry.

I wanted to create a weathered wood look so I used my “rubbed-in” effect. (Not sure if there is a more accurate term for that but that’s what I refer to it as!)

To do this I first use a wet paintbrush to apply a little bit of paint and then I immediately use a dry rag to rub it in.

Super pretty, right?!

I applied some liquid nails to the back of the wood squares to attach them to the pedestals.

This is how they turned out all put together!

I like to have them at different heights by popping a book underneath one of them, but they would also look great balanced on either side of a console table.