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Saturday, February 1, 2014

Column Pedestals



Hello, everybody! I hope the weekend is going well for you.
This winter has been an exceptionally cold one with temperatures in the single digits most of the time. The bitter cold has driven most of us indoors. However, with schools closings two days in a row the kids are having ample fun with "snow days."
I think the best part of winter is keeping alive the hope that spring is just round the corner!
The cold has driven us inside and allowed me to finish all those projects which I kept putting off....
I have been meaning to make these column pedestals for a long time now and I am so glad that I did! They are so simple, easy, and functional!
I had some left over 4x4 lumber and a couple of wooden post base trims from our pergola project last summer, and I was able to use them to make three of these pedestals.

Supplies required to make Column Pedestals:

1. 8ft- 4x4 wood cut into different lengths with a circular saw: 12 inches, 9 inches and 6 inches. (Home Depot will even cut them for you to the requested lengths).

2. Wooden  Post base trim (Home Depot - $3.47 a piece: found with deck railings and posts).

3.Wood Glue
4. Paintable all purpose caulk to seal all the edges, especially all around the base of the column.

5. Latex or acrylic paint of your choice for base coat and the top coat.
For the base coat, I used burnt umber and the top coat  is ivory white.

6. Square piece of wood for the top of the pedestals (I bought three of these from Jo-Ann craft store with a 40 % coupon)

After centering the top end of the column post to the square piece of wood, I secured it with wood glue and let it dry.

7. Folk Art Antiquing medium from Jo-Ann 

Try selecting wood pieces with the least visible pine knots, to avoid the knots bleeding through once they are painted.
The pedestals after couple coats of  burnt umber:

I applied two coats of ivory white as top coat and allowed the piece to dry thoroughly.
Followed by sanding with a medium grain sand paper around the edges so that the base coat peeks through :)

And the last part is the most fun part! Applying the antiquing medium with a dry brush and wiping off most of the glaze with  a damp rag or paper towel. How much of the glaze you want to remove is totally upto you, depending on how you want the finished product to look:

I love how these column pedestals turned out and can envision using them in many vignettes down the road.

They will make wonderful candle holders, a beautiful way to display collectibles and at the same time create height in a vignette:


In black and white:




I had fun with these column pedestals! I hope you enjoyed taking a peek at them. 
Thanks for stopping by! It is always a pleasure hearing from you!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Also, my heartfelt thanks to Maria Elena @ Our Home away from Home for showcasing my love for Mason Jars and my Burlap-Doily Pillow ,
  Terri @ A Creative Princess  and Fotini @ Glamorous, Affordable Life for featuring the same post at their  weekly link parties.
Stop by and visit these lovely ladies and their beautiful blogs  if you get a chance for choc-full of creative ideas and inspirations!

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~Hugs, Poppy~




49 comments:

  1. Poppy, your pedestals are wonderful! What a great idea. :)

    Your blog set up is very pretty too.

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  2. This look stunning....Wonderful job and so much you can be able to do with them. Thanks for the tutorial!
    Judy

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  3. Loving those columns, I would like to have a couple of those. Looks beautiful.

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  4. Perfect. I love these. They look amazing and such a fabulous tutorial too. Hugs, Marty

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  5. Poppy, these are so pretty! I am so impressed that you made them~ looks like something good came out of that cold weather! Just gorgeous!

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  6. I love these columns!! Great project, thanks so much for the tutorial. I had been looking for some kind of small pedestals and didn't really find what I had in mind. Your idea may be the way to go!! I like the way your finished the columns. Nice job!

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  7. What a great idea and loved how they turned out! What really "makes" them though is how you've decorated the tops - the greenery in the black pots looks terrific!
    Stay warm!

    DD

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  8. I love pedestals. I have one very similar to yours that is still unfinished so I appreciate seeing how yours turned out.

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  9. These pedestals are great! I sent the tutorial to my husband telling him how much I loved them and that there WAS a place for them some where in our home. Ooh...I just thought of it! Need to tell him. Thanks for the great share!

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  10. Good morning! Beautiful photos... Your blog is very inspiring to me, your pedestals are wonderful!! Have a good weekend! A big hug!Manuela

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  11. WOW you did a great job on the pedestals. I will have to add those to make list this year. Thanks for sharing.

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  12. These are so cool and such a great idea. I am making these when we get in the new house. PINNED!!!!

    Cynthia

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  13. What a fabulous idea! These make awesome plant stands and could be decorated in so many different ways.

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  14. Wow I'm so impressed! What a fabulous job- not only on the woodwork but the paint finish you gave it! Excellent job!!

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  15. A great idea. I would love to do this in the garden. It is on my to do list. Thanks for sharing. Have a great week.

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  16. These are fantastic! They look like something you would pay big bucks for in a home store.
    I'd love it if you chose to share this at What We Accomplished Wednesdays. The party is usually up by 6:00 pm Tuesday eveneings.

    I found you at The Dedicated House Monday party. You have a lovely blog and I'm a new follower. Have a super week! ~Deborah

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  17. These are great and you make it look so easy!
    I like the antique white finish you applied too.

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  18. Those look wonderful, love them! I also see some great food stands too. OK the possibilities are endless. Great job:-)

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  19. I can imagine these pedestals in places all over inside and outside. Thanks for the excellent tutorial!

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  20. These came out great…love the whole set up… Would like to invite you to come by and share them at One More Time Events partyhttp://www.onemoretimeevents.com/2014/02/valentine-round-up-and-party.html

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  21. These pedestals are great. I have 4 x 4's n the garage. I need to make a few.
    I hope they turn out as wonderful as yours did.
    Bev

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  22. Love your pedestals, Poppy!! They make such nice risers to use in a vignette. Since they're different sizes, the three of them look great together.
    Mary Alice

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  23. I love this idea.

    I want to have an old column/pedestal for my living room, but the antique stores where I have found them are charging $200 or more. Your columns might just do the trick.

    Thanks for the inspiration.

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  24. What a great project! Thanks for the tutorial. They looks really easy to make and great in a group.

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  25. Poppy, your columns look old and worn which is just what you want, I'm sure. Love the little pots on top too!

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  26. I just love these! I love the finish too- the whole space looks beautiful!

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  27. Oh I love them Poppy!!! I just pinned the pedestals.

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  28. Love your pedestals! My mom has been wanting something similar but all we've seen are the plaster ones. These are much more awesome and more her style. Thanks!
    Kelly

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  29. These are fantastic...this is a very friendly and do-able DIY project. Yours turned out great, thanks for the tutorial!

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  30. These are adorable! I love using this concept for my front porch and deck!! Thanks for sharing with us!

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  31. Fabulous idea; they look so great in your room; going to lurk around your blog a bit more; thanks for sharing!

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  32. I LOVE this! I actually have some square blocks that I wanted to make into short pedestals, but I didn't know what to do for the base and top. I didn't know you could purchase the trimmed base blocks at Home Depot. Thank you so much for sharing this!!! :) Love it. I will pin this! So glad I found you on the French Country Cottage link-up!

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  33. Poppy, these are so cute and you will be able to use them for so many things! My friends hubby has made some of these for her and I love them! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
    hugs,
    Jann

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  34. So cute! Shared to fb and added a shortcut to it on my desktop - what a great project!So glad to find this great post at SYC Have a great week

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  35. Poppy, what a wonderful idea! I love this project and vignette, you are so talented. You have me ready for Spring now. :) ~Liz

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  36. Poppy these turned out looking so cute!! This is such a great idea! Love it!!

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  37. These are wonderful. Thank you for all the great instructions/tips to make our own and they look great with the black painted pots.
    Hugs, Lynnie

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  38. they are very pretty. I like the flower pots as well. Great idea to paint them like that. I have some leftover chalkboard paint that I am going to use to do this.

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  39. Hy Poppy. So beautiful pedestals. Good Taste. Hugs. Evelyne.

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  40. " Jesus não julga, nem condena. Ele simplesmente ama." (Momento de fé)
    Uma linda e abençoada semana!!!
    Beijos Marie.

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  41. Poppy, these are fantastic! Thank you for sharing. You will be one of the fan favorites at the Sunday Showcase from the Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Pop on in tomorrow to check out your feature. Have a great day tomorrow! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse

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  42. Just stopping by to thank you for sharing at One More Time Events and let you know you have been featured this week! Hope to see you at this weeks party! Hugs, Tammy

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  43. These are great, Poppy! You did a great job on these and I love the color. What a great addition to any vignette. I love them all together, but I'm sure they would look just as good split up and used around the house.

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  44. Wow! I love these! Thanks for sharing all the how to's on this awesome project! -Jen

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  45. oh my goodness you did a beautiful job!!! Love them!!! Thank you for helping to make the Thursday Favorite Things Blog hop so much fun. Big Hugs ♥

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  46. I just wanted to let you know that I will be featuring this at What We Accomplished Wednesday this week. Have a happy day! ~Deborah

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  47. These are amazing and really do look like the real vintage thing! I'll be featuring this post on Be Inspired tomorrow. thanks so much for joining in!

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  48. Gorgeous work! Your pedestals are a wonderful project. I love seeing your process as you go through. You did a fine job on them. Thank you so much for sharing how to do them with us.
    Hugs,
    Terri

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  49. so cute!! love this project. You have made me doubly happy though because I have been searching for that antique glaze!! I had an old bottle that I rationed out for the last few years, because I couldn't find it anymore! happy dance! now I can get it again :)

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Thanks for stopping by and for your loving thoughts. They make me smile!Hugs~Poppy