Making Feet for 1940's Era Wooden Fruit Bowl plus a Stencil

DH's project this week was making feet (originals were missing) for a vintage  1940's era wooden fruit bowl.

He used wooden capping buttons, drilled each to fit 3/8" doweling for the post, reamed the hole with the 3/8" bit by hand some more and sanded the doweling down so they fit together.

Pushed the drilled circle onto the dowel end, glued, marked the length for inserting into the wooden bowl and cut it off with a small 'back saw" (fine tooth saw). Tested the fit.

Sanded the varnish to make sure the glue would adhere. Inserted glue into the hole then inserted the 'foot' and clamped, cleaning off excess glue right away.

I brushed shellac finish over the feet and any bare spots on the underside of the bowl.

 
Inside the bowl worn areas were wiped with Hemp Oil from Fusion Mineral Paint - Hemp oil is food safe and provides a finish for bare wood. It darkens older wood.

Stencil of the Week

Found 5 small wooden framed IKEA mirrors at the thrift store this week - on the FREE table. Brown, black and needing some bling.

Grain sack stripes? Buffalo pattern? A bit of Paris? 
 
Buffalo Check fitted beautifully on the black frames. Used the stencil from Donna of Funky Junk Interiors, ASCP Pure White and a very dry brush/pouncer.

Taking photos of mirrors is always a bit of a challenge - so I added two small garnishes from PicMonkey - a piece of parchment and a fleur de lis to hide the reflection of the fridge.

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