telling time.

Published on by Quandie

I just love the graphics of a good clock face, I don’t need them to actually tell time.

How about you?

I have a whole non-collection of vintage wind-up alarm clocks that never actually tell the current time.

I recently added another clock face to my décor when I decided to repaint the Norwegian blue stool that I originally painted back in 2017.

I’d been inspired to paint the stool in Miss Mustard Seed’s Flow Blue after a trip to Norway that year.

I’ve been enjoying it in that color ever since (can it really have been six years ago?!), but lately I’ve been slowly eliminating a lot of the blue in our house.  Initially I was going to take it to the shop to sell, but then I realized that I could also just paint it.  A good stool comes in handy for so many things, so I may as well keep it, right?

So I gave it a couple of coats of my favorite white, Dixie Belle’s Drop Cloth.  I want to point out that I was painting right over a surface that was waxed (using Miss Mustard Seed clear wax) six years ago.  The only prep I did was to wipe it down with a damp rag.  I found that the DB paint adhered just fine, but also distressed down to the blue quite easily.

If you are in the same situation, and don’t want your paint to wear quite so easily, I would recommend using a little steel wool and mineral spirits to remove the wax.  Just scrub the surface a bit, then let the mineral spirits evaporate before you start painting.

Once my paint was dry, I added the clock face transfer from I.O.D.’s Brocante transfer.

It just happened to be the perfect fit.

Once the transfer was in place, I gave the stool a top coat of clear wax.

I don’t have a permanent spot for it just yet, it will likely float around the house and go wherever needed.  With its new black and white look it can work in any room, but for the moment I’ve got it on the front porch where it fits in perfectly.

Not bad for a quick little makeover, is it?

Thank you to Dixie Belle Paint Co for providing the paint used in this makeover.

18 thoughts on “telling time.”

  4. I got into collecting the original vintage Little and Big Ben wind up alarm clocks years ago, so I can relate to your lovely collection. How you revamped your stool is yet another original, amazing and beautiful result of your boundless creativity. I love it! And it is perfect where you placed it!

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  8. I love this stool! I have a collection of non-working clocks also. There is one set of nine in our bedroom that have the time that our two sons, their wives and our four grandkids were born. The last one is set at 2:00, the time we were married! Keep on collecting…or non-collecting!!

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