{"id":415,"date":"2012-01-11T13:02:25","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T18:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ridiculousredhead.com\/?p=415"},"modified":"2014-09-03T22:23:16","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T02:23:16","slug":"photo-box-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ridiculousredhead.com\/?p=415","title":{"rendered":"Photo Box Revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have this habit of coming upon an object and having these words\u00a0come out of my mouth: “I bet I can do that better and cheaper. I am not spending good money on ______.” TB then shakes his head and I start thinking of all the ways I could get the project done.<\/p>\n

So I have been looking for containers for my new shelving that would hide the things you may need to run a business but aren’t necessarily nice enough to display. The photo boxes I have looked at in stores can be $10-15 which gets a bit expensive when you want four.\u00a0Especially since\u00a0they are made of cardboard for pete’s sake.<\/p>\n

So one day I am out garage sale shopping and there are four photo boxes this woman is selling for 50 cents a piece. That’s $2 total! They are ugly as sin but who cares, I can fix that! Famous last words.<\/p>\n

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The little beauties before<\/p><\/div>\n

First I removed the lovely gold frame things on the front. There was no way to cover the box underneath them but I planned on reattaching. In\u00a0order to get them off I had break them though so that was out. Then I realized that the current lovely colors and patterns would show through whatever I tried to cover them with. So I primed them with regular wall paint primer. I used a
\nsmall foam roller to keep it smooth. FYI – foam rollers can be washed and reused a bunch.<\/p>\n

I wanted to cover the boxes in this black and white print gift wrap I had.\u00a0 To apply I first covered the boxes and lids with a coat of Mod Podge to act as a glue. \u00a0Next I laid the paper onto the glue and tried to smooth it out gently and then let that dry.\u00a0 I then brushed on another coat of the Mod Podge to act as a sealer and protect the paper.<\/p>\n

After I had let it dry I was so proud of myself at how nice they looked and I got a bit cocky. And that should have been my first clue there was something wrong.\u00a0 After all this is the same feeling I get when I think I am so smart for knowing a long word on a crossword puzzle\u00a0and after writing it down\u00a0in pen I realize it\u2019s wrong.\u00a0 As I grab a lid to put the boxes together and put them on my shelf I see they don\u2019t fit.\u00a0The lids won’t go on at all! \u00a0Apparently a layer of primer, a layer of paper and two layers of Mod Podge was too much for the space allowed!<\/p>\n

I figured that up on a shelf\u00a0no one would see the backside so I cut slits up the corners of the back
\nof the lid\u00a0making side now a flap.\u00a0 It gave me just enough room to be able to put the lids on without looking too horrible.\u00a0 Pattern on the paper here was my friend and hid the error.<\/p>\n

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Well the lids were on, for good. I had been working on the lids in my basement workshop which meant that the humidity made a small mess bigger. When I a bit later went to take the lids off, I couldn’t. The Mod Podge can stay tacky even after drying and they recommend using a poly spray sealer. I didn’t since the spray poly is not eco-friendly and I didn’t want to make the coating too thick (haha). After prying it apart and ripping lots of the inside into pieces I was about to throw them away defeated.<\/p>\n

I instead took a cloth and a bit of the Kerf’s lavender liquid wax<\/a> and rubbed it on all the places that were sticking. Now we were in business.\u00a0 Now you can put the lids on and off with no trouble.<\/p>\n

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After!<\/p><\/div>\n

So in the end the boxes look nice as long as you don’t look at the ripped up inside. Some might say that this whole mess isn’t worth the money I saved or trouble I went through. But I gotta tell you I kind of like the problems because it give me a chance to figure out new ways to fix them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have this habit of coming upon an object and having these words\u00a0come out of my mouth: “I bet I can do that better and cheaper. I am not spending good money on ______.” TB then shakes his head and…
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