Coastal Wood Candle Upcycle
I found these wooden candle holders in the free pile at a thrift store and immediately grabbed them. I brought them home, gave them a little love, and now they have new life as coastal candle holders. They remind me of drift wood and hanging at the beach!
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Here are the original candle holders from the free pile. They are made from real trees.
Coastal Wood Candle Upcycle Video
I started by sanding off the original paint and clear coat on them. I wanted to get them back down to their raw form.
*I used my Black & Decker Orbital Sander, along with my protective eye wear.
Here’s what they looked like once they were all sanded down. Check out the cool colors this wood had!
I wanted to give them a little color but yet still keep that incredible look they already had. I had wood tint on hand so decided to use it. I lightly painted one of them with Folk Art Home Decor Wood Tint in the color Cascade.
While it was still wet, I took a damp rag and wiped off the excess.
For the other candle holder, I painted Folk Art Home Decor Wood Tint in the color gray on it.
Once it was coated, I immediately took a damp rag and wiped off the excess.
I let them both dry completely. Both candle holders took on a little bit of the tint but not too much. This was just enough to give them that driftwood and coastal look I was going for.
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Great find and beautiful pieces!
One thing I noticed on this and your branch candle holder ideas: You didn’t drill the hole for the candles very deep, so you can see a lot of the white plastic of the LED tealights. I know you said you were concerned about it being too deep for a real flame candle. But you could drill deeper and put some kind of spacer under a real tealight to raise it up so it’s safer. You could use a hole saw with a smaller diameter to cut a disc out of a thinner board an put that in the hole.
Keep up the great DIY ideas!
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Thank you Marilyn, hope you are all safe and having a lovely week
Chaz,
These turned out so beautiful. Congratulations, you are being featured on Over The Moon Linky Party. I hope you stop by. eclecticredbarn.com/2020/03/over-moon-linky-party_22.html
Hugs,
Bev
You are so sweet, thank you so much Bev! You’ve made my day. Hope you’re having a lovely weekend and I’ll see you at the next party.
These are beautiful. The little touch of colour is perfect. What a lovely update.
Thank you so much Julie 🙂 I’m so ready for summer.
I love the fact that these were free and you were lucky enough to pick them up. I’m not sure what I would have done with them but I really love your project. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Donna, I just couldn’t pass up free 🙂 I’m so ready for summer, how about you?