With inspiration and creativity practically everything is possible, proof of this is that there are many decorative techniques for recycle a wine box and turn it into a box that looks nothing like it was initially. If you want to know how you can do it, do not miss this step by step to decorate a wine box like a vintage van.
For me, wine boxes are a treasure since they can be recycle in multiple waysHere are a couple of examples:
– Transform a wine box into a tray
– From wine box to chic jewelry box
Also if the box is quite big we can even turn it into a dollhouse like this one (you can see the step by step in this link).
When my hairdresser told me that she had a box of wine from a single bottle, I didn’t have time to tell her that it could be recycled for another use. She told me that she wanted to take advantage of it to store her daughter’s hair accessories, so thinking of a design that would be decorative, I thought of giving it the shape of vintage van.
First I painted the wine box with spray paint since one of the techniques that I was going to use to decorate it was decoupage. With spray paint, a smooth finish is achieved without brush or roller marks that can later be noticed under the napkin.
The spray paint I have used has been blackboard paint since it does not require sanding or prior priming on the wood, although Gesso spray can also be used (You can see an example in this link).
Once the paint had dried, I decorated the whole interior with some patchwork themed napkins using the decoupage technique.
To decorate the exterior I was inspired by the mythical Volkswagen T1 van. The rectangular shape of the box meant that it could be easily represented following the pattern that I indicate below:
– The height of the box is divided in two, occupying the upper part 40% of the total height and the lower part 60%. That is, if the box is 10 centimeters high, the top will measure 4 centimeters and the bottom 6 centimeters.
– The upper part of the sides and the back of the box are painted in one color (in the pink pattern).
– An inverted triangle is drawn on the front and it is also painted that color.
– In addition, rectangles will be drawn at the top to simulate the windows.
– Of the 60% of the lower part, 50% is painted in another color (in the blue color pattern), the remaining 10% is left white so that it does not give the sensation that the van is glued to the ground when putting the wheel.
– Finally the details will be placed (wheels, headlights, fenders…).
I painted the top of the box with pink chalkboard paint., for this I put masking tape on the parts that I did not want to paint that color. Once it dried, I gave a coat of mother-of-pearl acrylic paintin this way I managed to reduce the pink to a pastel tone and also gave it a pearly shine.
The next step was paint the windowsfor this I used metallic gray acrylic paint.
Then I decorated them with masking sticker strips to simulate curtains.
Then I want to tell you that sometimes things don’t go as we expect and we can only try to fix or amend them. I wanted to use the same napkins that I had used to line the inside of the box but aesthetically I was not convinced by the result. Also, when I applied the protective varnish, I had quite a few more wrinkles than when I did it on the inside of the box (I should have used spray varnish but I didn’t have one).
To solve it what I did was sand the entire surface that had been decorated with the napkin, repaint with spray paint and cover it with a flowery fabric, finishing it off with a decorative ribbon. This time I really liked the result:
I adhered the fabric to the box with Mod Podge (you can buy it at this link), to do this I first spread the adhesive with a brush, placed the fabric on top and passed the iron at low temperature, previously protecting it with oven paper. Also with a hot glue gun I placed the buttons that would simulate the headlights, the turn signals and the wheels.
Lastly, with stainless steel effect self-adhesive vinyl (you can find it here), I made the monogram on the front and the letters on the cover. The monogram is an “N” instead of the typical “W” because it is the girl’s initial.
did you like this idea to recycle a wine box? Now it will serve to store objects but in a decorative and personalized way, so if a box of wine comes into your hands, do not throw it away! Recycle it to give it a second chance.
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