A Christmas rainbow masterpiece
Habitat bright ideas with Fleur Thorpe – DIY projects
Brighten up your Christmas with a rainbow masterpiece for your home. Paint to suit your room’s colour palette, opt for traditional Christmas colours or go all out bling with Resene FX Metallic paints.
You will need
- Wood
- Mitre saw
- Sandpaper
- Resene Quick Dry
- Paintbrush
- Resene testpots in your choice of colours, Fleur used Resene Pompadour, Resene Drop Dead Gorgeous, Resene Hot Chile, Resene Paprika, Resene Hot August, Resene Fire, Resene Rose Of Sharon, Resene Antique Brass, Resene Pizza, Resene Karma, Resene Lemon Ginger, Resene Planter, Resene Como, Resene Cyprus, Resene Boost, Resene Astronaut Blue, Resene Surfs Up and Resene Indian Ink
Instructions
How to make a Christmas rainbow masterpiece for your mantelpiece:
Step 1
Use scrap wood to cut out tall triangles. Vary the angle of the cut and the height of the triangles so that you get a variety of sizes. Use sandpaper to sand any rough edges smooth. Wipe off any sanding dusts.
Step 2
Apply one coat of Resene Quick Dry to prime the triangle trees. Once the paint is dry, give it a light sand with a fine grit sandpaper and wipe off the sanding dust.
Step 3
Apply two coats of your chosen Resene topcoat colour, allowing for the first coat to dry before applying the second coat. Use any Resene colours of your choice.
Step 4
Arrange the trees in whatever order you like; rainbow order or from dark to light. Panelling and mantel painted in Resene Half Rice Cake and faux tile stencil in Resene Half Rice Cake and Resene Rhino. For the trees Fleur used Resene Pompadour, Resene Drop Dead Gorgeous, Resene Hot Chile, Resene Paprika, Resene Hot August, Resene Fire, Resene Rose Of Sharon, Resene Antique Brass, Resene Pizza, Resene Karma, Resene Lemon Ginger, Resene Planter, Resene Como, Resene Cyprus, Resene Boost, Resene Astronaut Blue, Resene Surfs Up and Resene Indian Ink.
Top tip
Use the end of a paintbrush to add metallic baubles to the Christmas trees using Resene FX Metallic Gold and Resene Silver Aluminium.
Styling and images by Fleur Thorpe. Nov 2022.