{"id":1331,"date":"2014-03-10T04:50:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/addicted2diy.com\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2014-03-25T16:04:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T23:04:54","slug":"star-wars-upcycled-toy-box-with-free-svg-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addicted2diy.com\/star-wars-upcycled-toy-box-with-free-svg-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Upcycled Toy Box {with free SVG file}"},"content":{"rendered":"

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{Disclaimer:  I am a member of the DecoArt Blogger Outreach Program.  I received compensation and\/or products for this post.  All opinions and ideas for these products; however, are my own.}<\/p>\n

 I’m going to have a bit of a nerd moment and admit that I love Star Wars!  I am a bigger fan of episodes IV – VI, but that’s not to say that episodes I – III aren’t bad.  I just like what I grew up with.  My 5 year old is also a HUGE Star Wars fan.  You can often hear him in our house humming the music from the movie while he’s playing (sometimes it’s Indian Jones).  I have been meaning to actually decorate his room around a theme for a while and now that he’s getting older, I feel pretty comfortable spending the time (and money) to decorate his room in a theme that I am sure he won’t get tired of next week.  He had several ideas, but finally decided that Star Wars was what he wanted.  Just to be sure, I’ve waited almost a year to decorate his room.  Just in case.  Okay, I really am just kept putting things off.<\/p>\n

My first project for his room was his toy box.  We’ve had it since his big brother was 18 months old, so it’s been used and abused<\/del> well loved.  I was actually going to try to sell it or donate it, but have seen so many amazing furniture transformations with paint lately that I decided to give his old toybox a new chance on life!<\/p>\n

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 Here is what his toy box looked like before.  It was dinged up, scuffed, scratched, and had sticky fingerprints all over it.  <\/p>\n

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I wanted this project to have a minimal amount of work involved, so I chose Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint to cover it.  You can purchase this paint online from Home Depot.  You may remember my very first experience with this paint here<\/a>.  I liked the paint so much and I was itching for a bigger project to try it on.  One reason why I loved using this paint was that I had to do ZERO prep work, other than grabbing a damp cloth and wiping the toy box down.  The color I chose is called Romance and I applied two coats of it to the toy box.<\/p>\n

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I asked my son if he would like the symbol for the rebels or for the Empire.  He chose to have the Empire’s symbol.  He leans a little more towards the dark side;)  I created an SVG file with the Empire’s symbol and cut it out of a scrap piece of vinyl and adhered it off-center on the top of the toy box.  I actually cut this stencil too small (6 1\/2″) and decided to go bigger and ended up cutting another one at 8 1\/2″.  I’ve included the SVG file for you to download at the end of the post.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2488-edited\"<\/a>\"IMG_2489-edited\"<\/a>I painted the symbol in Carbon colored Chalky Finish Paint and then peeled up the vinyl.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2490-edited\"<\/a>I knew it would be a bit boring with just the symbol on top so I always knew I would add stripes to it.  I used painter’s tape to add the stripes.  The center stripe is centered on the symbol and is 2 1\/2″ wide.  The outside stripes are 1\/2″ wide.  I taped them off and used the Carbon colored Chalky Finish Paint again for the lines.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2497-edited\"<\/a>Here’s how it looked completely painted.  My excitement was definitely building for this project!<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2500-edited\"<\/a>I used Americana Decor Creme Wax to seal in the paint.  After buffing it byhand, the toy box had a nice almost semi-gloss finish to it.  <\/p>\n

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\"IMG_5532-edited\"<\/a>I am so happy with how it turned out!  I am really loving the pop of color it adds to his room against the navy blue wall.  My son is really happy with it too, which I suppose matters more than my opinion;)  His room is definitely not done, but I am loving how things are going so far.<\/p>\n

I’ve got a few more projects I’m working on this week that I will be sharing with you, so stay tuned!<\/p>\n

You can download the SVG file I made here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

 ~Katie<\/h2>\n

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You can find me over at these link parties:<\/h4>\n

Confessions of a Serial DIYer<\/a>, Twelve O Eight<\/a>, Cozy Little House<\/a>, Dolen Diaries<\/a>, I Heart Naptime<\/a>, The NY Melrose Family<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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