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Paint a Tray with Grey Wash Finish

by heather 11 Comments

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DIY Home Decor Idea:  Paint a tray with a grey wash finish for a weathered, beach inspired look! Trays are fabulous for storing, organizing and styling rooms, update one in this distressed gray color.

DIY Home Decor Idea:  Paint a tray with a grey wash finish for a weathered, beach inspired look! Trays are fabulous for storing, organizing and styling rooms, update one in this distressed gray color.

Paint a Tray with Grey Wash Finish

 Today I’m sharing a quick and easy tray makeover with a trendy grey wash finish using paint!

I’ve had this tray forever… Seriously, I can’t even remember how long ago I bought it,  but it’s served a lot of drinks and survived a lot of military moves!

Needless to say it’s looking a little worse for wear – the wicker was getting a bit chipped and scuffed so I decided one afternoon to give it a makeover. 

How to paint a wicker tray with a grey wash finish for a weathered, beach inspired look! It's an easy and quick DIY Decor Idea!

Supplies

How to paint a tray with a grey wash finish for a weathered, beach inspired look! It's an easy and quick DIY Decor Idea!

Tray

 Acrylic Paint,  Neutral Grey

Chip Brush

 This paint finish is super quick and easy! All I did was put some paint on an aluminum foil pie plate and dry-brushed on two coats of grey paint. Make sure you use very little paint on your brush so that the dark brown wicker underneath peeks through!

How to paint a tray with a grey wash finish for a weathered, beach inspired look! It's an easy and quick DIY Decor Idea!

With a very dry brush dab the paint in random spots then rub it in with your brush so that the entire surface is covered.  I love the results: a beautiful driftwood grey distressed finish. 

How to paint a tray with a grey wash finish for a weathered, beach inspired look! It's an easy and quick DIY Decor Idea!

I can picture this tray loaded up with drinks on a beach blanket by the beach! Oh I love summer and beach time!

It’s not quite beach weather here so I’ve placed it on our living room end table to hold magazines and a silver lantern that I recently bought!

How to paint a tray with a grey wash finish for a weathered, beach inspired look! It's an easy and quick DIY Decor Idea!

It looks so much better ‘after’ than ‘before’! And it cost me Zero dollars!!!! (I had the paint and brush on hand.)

I’m so glad that I hung onto this tray all these years, it really fits in with the grey paint colors I’m using in our home right now.

How to paint a tray with a grey wash finish for a weathered, beach inspired look! It's an easy and quick DIY Decor Idea!

Sources:

White table lamp

Silver lantern

Flameless candle

Artificial hydrangea flowers

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Sources:

White table lamp

Silver lantern

flameless candle

artificial hydrangea

I hope you liked my Paint a Tray with Grey Wash Finish tutorial!

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heatherHeather Luckhurst is an Interior Designer and owner of the Interior Design and Lifestyle website SettingforFour.com. Heather is a Brand ambassador and offers online EDesign services and is also a proud military wife! At Setting For Four, you'll find helpful design and decor tips, home remodeling projects, creative entertaining ideas and delicious recipes. Heather is obsessed with Instagram and elegant, timeless interiors.

 

 

Comments

  1. Yvonne @ StoneGable says

    May 19, 2014 at 9:46 pm

    Oh yes!!! I have quite a few baskets that need this treatment! Thanks for the easy diy!!! LOVE your transformed basket!

    Reply
    • heather says

      May 20, 2014 at 7:29 am

      Thanks Yvonne – have fun grey washing your baskets – I think you’ll love the look!

      Reply
  2. Christine says

    May 20, 2014 at 4:40 pm

    great idea Heather, I’ve got a lot of old wicker stuff I don’t like anymore! Christine from Little Brags

    Reply
    • heather says

      May 20, 2014 at 8:50 pm

      I’m glad you like this tip Christine!

      Reply
  3. Botanic Bleu says

    May 20, 2014 at 8:24 pm

    I painted a wicker hanging basket gray and lavender looks great in it. The gray complements the purple perfectly. I used some grey spray paint because I wanted the entire basket to be gray without the original color showing through. I love spray paint…so easy.

    Judith

    Reply
  4. Kim @ Sand & Sisal says

    May 23, 2014 at 9:38 am

    So Pretty! I love it and especially how very simple is was to make! (ps- I’m featuring it today!)

    Reply
    • heather says

      May 23, 2014 at 10:03 am

      Thanks Kim for the feature!

      Reply
  5. Jenn says

    May 25, 2014 at 2:27 pm

    So pretty! Always amazed at what a little paint can do!

    Reply
  6. malia says

    June 1, 2014 at 11:06 am

    Beautiful upgrade Heather!

    Reply
  7. Tara Boettger says

    January 4, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    This is an “of course!” moment for me. I paint everything. Why haven’t I painted my baskets?

    Reply
    • heather says

      January 5, 2015 at 2:05 pm

      LOL – that’s funny Tara!! Paint away!! 🙂

      Reply

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