Upcycled Wine Rack

23 July

My friends and I (the Do-It-Over-Designers) have another great lineup of projects for this month's challenge.

If you are new here, the DOD challenge is where we take something old and/or unused and 'do it over' into something new. These items can be found in closets, barns, garages, yard sales, and thrift stores, you name it!

I'll share my project below and at the bottom of this post will be the links to see the other ladies' projects. 😊 Enjoy!

I chose this small, wooden wine rack that I found at Goodwill for $3.99 for my project.

Upcycled Boho Wine Rack

I don't drink wine, but my boyfriend does so this will be nice to have in our kitchen. I love the look of mud cloth so I am creating a mud cloth design on this piece.

If you're unfamiliar with mud cloth, it's trendy in Boho home design these days. It's an ancient Malian textile (dating back to the 12th century). Traditionally, it involves coarse, hand-spun cotton strips going through a long series of dyeing processes—first in a bath with leaves and branches, then numerous dye cycles in fermented mud (hence the name)—to achieve minimalist, symbolic designs. (Source: PureWow)

I was inspired by THIS and THIS for the designs I created on this wine rack.

First I removed the flower design. These were just rub-on decals that someone had put on it and they scraped right off with a razor blade so I didn't feel bad getting rid of someones hand-painted work.

Then I gave it a couple of coats of Black spray paint.

It looks better already!

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Then I used Frog Tape to tape off the area I wanted to start my design.