Pillars

Hey guys:)  I have seen these done by so many and I really needed new pillars for my fireplace.  I decided to do my own spin on them and I love how they turned out!

I started with a 4x4 that I purchased at Home Depot.  I cut them down to three different sizes.  The magic numbers for me were 25", 20" and 15".

I also had some extra MDF scrap boards in my garage so I cut these down for bases.  I cut the square pieces down to 3 pieces at 6.5"x6.5" and 6 at 5.5" x 5.5".

Next, I used Gorilla Glue Wood Glue to stack a small square on top of a large square.

I repeated this two more times to construct the pillar bases.

I spray painted all of the pieces with Rust-Oleum Heirloom White.

John and I were married in 2002 so I thought it would be cute to incorporate that into the pillars.  I found these super cheap numbers at Home Depot.  They were silver but I painted them with Rust-Oleum Metallic Accents Metallic Classic Bronze.

This stuff is cool!

After everything was painted I used Gorilla Glue Wood Glue to build the pillars.

To finish them off I used my 3M sanding block to distress all of the edges, bases and 4x4 pieces.

I then followed up with Minwax Dark Walnut stain to accent the distressed edges.

When I wiped away the stain I rubbed it into the rest of the pillar to give a glazed effect.

These were so cheap!  I payed $10 for the 4x4 which made three pillars.  That's under $3.50 per pillar!!!

Stop by tomorrow!  We have another fun giveaway!

~ Ashley