Chic beach cottage home decor can be yours with a few crafting supplies like stencils and stamps. Warm colors and distressed finishes add to the worn feel created by the salty sea air. The seaside softens everything around it. No matter what your style of Beach Decor, Coastal Home Decor, Nautical Decor, Tropical Island Decor Beach Cottage Furnishings the towels will blend in perfectly.
Supplies for chic beach cottage home decor:
CANISTERS:
- Wooden canisters: 5-1/4”x5-1/2”; 5-1/4”x7-1/2”
- Basswood (Midwest Products): 1/8”x1” (#4104); 1/8”x4” (#4404)
- Wooden ovals, 2-1/2” long, two
- Americana Acrylic Paints: Winter Blue; Light Mocha; Sapphire; Admiral Blue; Khaki Tan
BEACH SIGNS
- Wooden items: Basswood (Midwest Products): 1/4”x1” (#4106); 1/4”x4” (#4406); shapes: oval, 2-1/2” long, two; circle, 1-1/4”
- Natural hemp
- Americana Acrylic Paints (DecoArt): Winter Blue; Lt Mocha; Sapphire; Admiral Blue; Khaki Tan
TOOLS
- Shell stamps
- Stencil Lighthouse
- Rubber stamps
- Black pigment ink pad
- Multi-purpose Sealer (DecoArt)
- Furniture tacks
- Wax candle
- Stencil brush
- Sanding block
- Drill and 1/16” bit; hammer; hand saw
- Round-nose pliers
- BEACON Adhesive 527
- Silver eye screws, 1/2”, two
Instructions for chic beach cottage home decor:
chic beach cottage canisters
- For each canister, use saw to cut two 4″-long strips from 1″-wide wood. For tall canister, cut 6″ length from 4″-wide wood. For short canister, cut 4″ length from 4″-wide wood. Lightly sand and apply sealer.
- Paint short canister Khaki Tan, and 4″-long strips and 4″ square Admiral Blue. Paint tall canister Light Mocha, and strips and 4″x6″ rectangle Sapphire. Paint ovals Winter Blue. Apply wax to all pieces randomly. Paint short canister Admiral Blue, wooden pieces for short canister Khaki Tan, tall canister Sapphire, and wooden pieces for tall canister Light Mocha. Let canisters and wooden pieces dry to 75% and sand lightly to show distressed finish.
- Use black ink to stamp condiment names on ovals. Stencil lighthouse Khaki Tan. Use black ink to stamp shell on short wooden piece. Arrange and glue pieces for canisters by canisters on backsides and strips at top and bottom of 4″-wide pieces. Glue ovals as shown in center and at bottom of canisters. When dry. Drill four holes on strips and ovals. Carefully hammer tacks in holes.
chic beach cottage signs
1. For each sign, cut two 5″ lengths and two 6″ lengths from 1″-wide wood. Cut 6″ length from 4″-wide wood. Lightly sand and apply sealer.
2. Use pencil to mark off one 1″x4″ strip from top and bottom of 4″-wide wood pieces. For “Cottage Beach” sign, paint: top and bottom strip and two 1″x1″ strips Khaki Tan; center of 4″ piece and two 1″x5″ strips Admiral Blue. For “Café Seashell” sign, paint: top and bottom strip and two 1″x6″ strips Light Mocha; center of 4″ pieces and two 1″x5″ strips Sapphire. Let dry and apply wax to surface of all pieces randomly.
3. On the “Cottage Beach” sign, paint: top and bottom strip and two 1″x6″ strips Admiral Blue; center of 4″ piece and two 1″x5″ strips Khaki Tan. For “Café Seashell” sign, paint: top and bottom strip and two 1″x6″ strips Sapphire; center of 4″ pieces and two 1″x5″ strips Light Mocha. Let pieces dry 75% and lightly sand to reveal distressed finish. Paint circle Light Mocha and ovals Winter Blue.
4. Use black ink to stamp foam stamps, lettering, starfish as shown. Arrange pieces for signs by laying long strips beside 4″ piece and short strips across top and bottom; glue. Glue ovals as shown and circle to center of ironwork motif. When dry, drill holes on strips and ovals. Carefully hammer tacks into holes.
5. For hangers, drill holes in top left and right of signs. Attach eye-screws. Cut 12″ lengths from hemp and knot ends around eye screw loops.
Learn how to make the seashell tea towels in the background.
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