Link up your Redoux Friday plus a blowtorch tips!

Link up your projects at the bottom.

In honor of the “premier officier” Friday, I am showing you one of my first and favorite “Redouxs”

This was a thrift store find.  Purchased for a few dollars when we moved into our current home.  I knew I wanted to “redoux” furniture, had tried my hand at a few things, and this time, decided to let my creativity take a new level.  I did a bunch of different finishes, used Black wax to age it.
 Rubbed Gold Paint on the inset, then to really get the old look I wanted.
a friend who owned an Antique store suggested I take a blow torch to it!

It is a tricky thing to do, and I recommend a lot of practice, and appropriate safety gear……
 but it does create a really neat effect of making the paint “bubble up”

I will publish a few of the best on Monday, so be sure to check back!