Home Decor: Johnathan Adler Inspired

 

When I popped into Michaels to peep their Johnathan Adler Collection (if you're not familiar with him, he started out as a ceramacist and branched into lines of home decor sold at boutiques, his own stores, and now, at Michaels) I remembered that I had some "Adler-esque" pieces in my stash from Dollar Tree.

He uses a lot of bold geometric shapes and lines. 

Supplies:

• Unfinished Geometric Pieces
• Waverly Multi-Surface Paint
• Apple Barrel Multi-Surface Paint
• Rub and Buff

These are the unfinished ceramic pieces I scooped up at Dollar Tree when I saw them because they seemed like the kind of things that I'd regret not getting, even if I didn't have a plan at the time! I've since seen them at some stores but you never know, so glad I played it safe. 

Clean any dust or residue with a soft cloth. 

I went with this Waverly No Prep Paint in Steel for the candle bases. The bisque surface required a couple of coats. 

This is the first coat, and you can see the surface peeking through. So, second coat!

Hard to see here because it's been gloomy out and I probably need to move my desk, but painted these vases/candleholders/whatever they are with Apple Barrel Multi-Surface white, then dry-brushed with a metallic silver. 

I used silver Rub and Buff to highlight the raised edges. A little goes a long way with this stuff so start with less and go from there. Buff with a dry cloth. 

I also went around the rim of the candleholder base with a little of the Rub and Buff. I didn't glue them together because I switch pieces up and use them differently throughout the year, but you easily could!

For now, I'm using them as candleholders and I have battery operated lights from Dollar Tree in them. 

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