Want cheaper options to add appliques to your next painting projects?
Old plastic garden fence makes for great appliques on painted
projects. I've cut mine apart with a jig saw and pre-drilled
tiny holes in each to attached them to these drawers with
finishing nails.
Here is a look at another item that I have recycled into
furniture appliques. These plastic wall plaques from the
seventies can also be cut up and re-used.
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Using plastic for appliques is not new, many vintage pieces
of furniture came from the manufacturer with plastic
embellishments on the front of them, like these 2
examples.
Sometimes these pieces of furniture are wrecked by water
damage but the ornate plastic bits can be pried off and reused
like I did for a pair of my bedside cabinets. This ornate detail
shown below was one of 2 matching piece I removed off a
destroyed armoire found roadside.
To see some more unique appliques:
https://bit.ly/2L5W6W2
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Here is a quick look at some of the hardware available
in the Etsy Shop. There are 1000's of pieces of up-cycled
