Dominoes Dominoes Dominoes

I’m finally blogging about my awesome DOMINOES!  They turned out so fab!  I need to stop right now and give all the credit to Ashley over at Shanty2chic for the idea and tutorial. They have great ideas over there, so check ‘em out!

This was such a fun project.  They went in our front room.  I want it to look like a chic Board Game room. The first thing I did was gather my supplies.

• 1 piece of lumber that was 10×6x2 and asked the Home Depot guy to cut it into SIX, 16″ pieces.  He was off a little and now one of them is shorter than the rest.  (Of course I didn’t notice that before sanding them and ended up using it.)
• Behr Paint in Satin.  I need to go see what color I bought.  I didn’t use the same as Ashley because I wanted it to go with the pillows on my new-to-me couch.
• Black Americana Acrylic Paint
• Minwax Stain in Red Mahogany
• Ralph Lauren Glaze in Smoke
• Cricut Stencils made out of contact paper

First, I sanded 4 of the pieces down.  Every side/edge.  Then worked on those corners to form a domino shape.

Next, I painted them off-white.  I used a foam rolling brush.  I gave them 2 coats. 

Then, I sanded down the corners and corner edges. I applied a coat of Minwax stain and then wiped the excess off.

I jumped on the computer and designed some domino stencils.  I used the cricut and cut them out using contact paper.

Using my Black Acrylic Paint and sponge brush, I filled in the stencil.  Then, I just pealed off the stencil, let it dry, and sanded.

After roughing everything up, I used the Minwax stain again.  This time all over.  Wipe on/Wipe off.

And then I hung them on my rental home wall.    I can’t paint. /sad   So, just look at the rad dominones and not the ugly wall behind it. 

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