My next project came from one of my favorite people I met in Round Top at the Flea Market. They were a couple from Gatesville, TX who used salvaged wood and tin to create some AMAZING pieces. Lucky for me he was also selling his wood and tin. This is a piece of salvaged tin that he sold to me for $12. It’s beautiful… I love the shape, the paint, the lack of paint and the rust. What a combo!!
I knew I wanted to hang it just as it was but I did want to attach it to something… give it a little more beef. This is what I did…
I purchased two 8 ft cedar fence posts from Home Depot. These were about $2.00 a piece.
I started by marking off where I would cut. I made each piece 2″ longer than the tin and cut 4 of these pieces.
My tool of choice… my trusty $12 hand saw. I had every piece cut in less than 3 minutes.
This is what my 4 cut pieces looked like…
I also bought a 3ft yard stake for $.59… how’s that for shanty??
I cut two pieces 12″ long… the same width as my tin.
I then used my Gorilla Wood glue to attach the stakes to the posts.
I added glue to both pieces like this.
Before I attached them it looked like this…
Stuck together…
Then I used wood screws to make it even stronger…
When I was finished adding those it looked like this…
I repeated these steps on the other end as well.
My next step was the paint. I used my favorite blue out there… Olympic Blue Willow satin latex paint from Lowe’s.
I wanted it to look a bit shanty so I painted it but left some of the wood exposed as well. It looked like this at that point.
After letting that dry I started distressing. I used my 3M block sander with 80 grit paper to get my edges good and my corners better…
Then I added just a bit of Minwax Dark Walnut stain to the raw edges and corners.
Here’s one corner soaking it in…
Awwwww… so much better… I just rubbed off the extra stain with an old rag.
My next step was to attach my tin to the wood. I did this by using small finishing nails around the edges of the tin…
I added my d-rings to the back to hang my new art.
And it’s all finished!! I decided to put this in my powder bath that is BLANK at the moment. This will be my inspiration for more projects in this room.
And here’s a couple reasons why I LOVE me some old tin…
Thanks for stopping by! Keep in mind that this cedar piece makes a great backdrop for many things not just tin!
Does the “TIN” man that you bought this from at the flea market have a website? I LOVE the tin and with your addition, I think it is absolutely AWESOME….but I want to make one just like it….help?
(If he does have a website or on-line store, could you send the web address to me:
shar(dot)donoho(at)comcast(dot)net
Thanks bunches, Shar)
All I can say is WoWzers!
Absolutely wowzers!
This turned out really nice! I really like the color you chose..very nice!
Always look forward to seeing what you are up to and you haven't disappointed me yet!! Love that blue!
that backing made all the difference in the world. it also protects the wall.
Rose
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Very, very creative! Thank you for sharing how you did this. Love how it looks.
Wow! Looks fantastic! Love the blue color you used and the shanty look you gave it with stain. Beautiful. What a great way to start off that powder room!
Looks great! I wouldn't have thought to build that "frame".
I like how your "frame" compliments the rustic quality of the tin tiles. Great job!
I loved it before and I was thinking oh no please don't mess with it it is gorgeous as is. But you did it again, love it even more with the frame! love the combination of that tin and the blueish/greenish paint.
Great color, Great transformation, Great job!! Love where you placed it.
Great project…love old tin and that color of blue is gorgeous.
Very cool art! Love that blue color and how you distressed the wood.
Nancy
That came together so nicely! I love it!