Cutesy-Country to Ooh-la-la! A Bench Makeover~

A while ago I showed you this bench. My dad made it for me back in the late 80's or early 90's. I was big into the country look at that point, so I asked him to put that oh-so-cute heart cutout in the back.

Fast forward 20 years (yikes...am I really that old?) and I'm not so into the country look anymore. But the bench is sentimental... and I wanted to use it.

So here's what I did.

First, I painted it a fab aqua. (Milk Pail by Marth Stewart).

But darn it! There's still that cutesy heart cut out.

Then I remembered this wall hanging/plaster-plaque-replica-thingy (that's the technical term) I had in my decor stash. And it was just the right size to cover that heart cutout. So I painted it out in Milk Pail as well.

Then I performed a bench to plaster-plaque marriage ceremony which consisted of attaching the plaque to the bench with a couple of wood-screws (it already had hanging holes on its back.) Just hung it on there and VOILA!

A French-ish beauty of bench!

This pretty little bench will be sitting under the silhouettes I shared yesterday. Anyone guess yet what that area is going to be?

Linking up....

Have a great day~