How to Make a Gray Paint Pour Jewelry Box

This old jewelry box is one that I NEVER would have picked up a few years ago. I thought painting jewelry boxes was boring! But then I started stenciling them. Now I’ve done a few paint pour jewelry box projects and I’m hooked. One great thing is that these jewelry boxes are usually CHEAP. Especially when they’re missing a knob like this one was. I paid $3 for it.

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Supplies Needed for Paint Pour Jewelry Box

old wooden jewelry box
5-7 colors of paint
pouring medium
small cups (2-4 oz) – 1 for each color
1 larger cup (6-10 oz)
tongue depressors
paint brush
varnish
sanding block
metallic wax
jewelry box handles – Read “Where to Find Jewelry Box Hardware”.
tissue paper
decoupage medium
scissors

On my first paint pour project I painted the body first and then the top. This time I did the paint pour first. Both options worked. Make sure you read about my first project to get all the details.

Prep the paint for pouring:

You’ll need a small cup for every color. Mix an equal amount of paint and pouring medium. You may have to adjust this depending on the thickness of the paint. I was using chalky finish paint and a couple of them I’ve had for a while. They were thicker so I added a bit more pouring medium. Just play around with it ’til it pours smoothly.

Mix each color individually with a tongue depressor.

Next, the part that still terrifies me. Pour all the colors into one big cup! This is called a dirty pour.

Here’s a video from the pouring medium manufacturer. I haven’t been able to get a good video of myself doing this… way too messy!

Finish the Jewelry Box:

At first, I painted the jewelry box white. But that was too stark of a contrast. The picture below shows where I filled the holes with some wood putty. I was missing one of the knobs and I didn’t have any more that style. So I bought some new handles that looked good on the gray. They were antiqued brass but I used some silver metallic wax on them.