DIY Frosted Glass
By lilybeeNo hard boiled detective worth his salt is without a frosted glass door declaring his name and profession.
Like this:
Here's a recipe for making your own door frosting. Trilby, Trench Coat and Maltese Falcon are optional.
Materials:
- object for frosting (cabinet with glass doors, mirror, hurricane globe, glass clip frames, door with glass inlay, etc.)
- glass cleaner
- razor blade
- painter's tape
- stencils
- stencil brushes
- acrylic spray polyurethane
- frosting formula: wallpaper paste, white powdered paint pigment, water, PVA glue (acid free)
Find full instructions over at HGTV.
Wondering what else you could do to your door? If I was doing this to an internal door, say to the library or media room (in my fantasy house) I might stencil something like this:
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Or create a reversed design by using etch cream and contact paper...
1. Trace the design on contact paper.
2. Lay the contact paper on a cutting mat and use and exacto knife to cut out the design.
3. Apply the contact paper to the surface to be etched.
4. Cover the surface with etching cream and allow it to dry for the prescribed time.
5. Clean off the cream using a wet rag and peel off the contact paper.
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