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Jewelry Box Makeovers

How to Update an Old Floral Box with Paint & Wax {VIDEO}

If you follow my Facebook page or Instagram you’ve seen this little cutie! (You can scroll down and watch my Facebook Live video where I showed how to paint the hardware.)  I’ve had this floral box for a while.  I wanted to paint it but I couldn’t bring myself to paint over those flowers!  What would you do?

BEFORE - my thrift store floral painted box before I painted it

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Supplies for Floral Box Makeover

  • DecoArt Chalky Finish paint.  I used Relic for this project.
  • varnish – The Americana Soft Touch varnish is my favorite for thrift store projects like this one.
  • paintbrushes
  • sanding sponge
  • gold Rub n’ Buff


How to Update a Thrift Store Floral Box

First I removed the hardware. The handles were easy to pry off with a little screwdriver. I just had to be careful not to bend them.

Then I cleaned the box with some regular household spray cleaner (Something like 409.) and an old rag. After that, I dusted out the drawers before I started painting.

This old jewelry box only needed one coat of black chalky finish paint.  I knew I wanted a very distressed look so I didn’t put much on, to begin with. I figured, why add another coat if I’m just going to sand it off as soon as it dries?

Then I sanded a lot of it off with my sanding sponge, brushed off all the dust with an old t-shirt rag, and gave it one coat of varnish.

I used my trusty Rub ‘n Buff to transform the hardware.  You can watch the “exciting” process here…

Finished Jewelry Box Makeover

And now for the finished product… Here’s a close up of the distressed edges.  I love how the old rusty red paint shows through.

Drawer on black painted box

Doesn’t it look like it’s smiling?

Finished floral top jewelry box

BTW, that little metal edge around the top got some Rub ‘n Buff on it, too.

So… which way do you like this floral box?  Before or after?

Before and after photos of floral top jewelry box

More Thrift Store Makeovers

If you enjoyed this floral box makeover, you might also like these:

  • The Ultimate Guide to Jewelry Box Makeovers
  • 10 Reasons to Shop at Thrift Stores
  • 35 Beautiful Jewelry Cabinet Makeovers
  • 7 Painting Tricks
  • How to Paint Over Chalk Paint

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‘Til the next project,

 Ann @ Duct Tape and Denim

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Handpainted floral box, a thrift store
AntiqueFarmHouse

Originally published May 8, 2018.


3 Comments

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Comments

  1. creativejewishmom/sara says

    May 15, 2018 at 9:37 am

    gorgeous results, really fantastic! thanks for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!

    Reply
  2. Jann Olson says

    May 21, 2018 at 7:50 pm

    What a beautiful box! You added a vintage feel to it. Thanks for sharing with SYC.
    hugs,
    Jann

    Reply
  3. thrift shop in Panama City Beach, FL says

    December 23, 2020 at 3:45 am

    Thanks for sharing such great information. It is really helpful to me. I always search to read the quality content and finally I found your post. Keep it up, keep posting!

    Reply

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