Paint by Numbers

I love all the "number" motifs I've seen on blogs on everything from 

canisters, to planters, to pillows, to chairs ~ so I went to work to create my own.

I painted these stools with leftover paint from a kitchen table project,

and used some brown wall color paint to give them a glaze.  

Initially, the stools seemed a little bare.  They needed 

something to give them a little "umph".

I printed numbers on the computer and put the carbon paper to work,

tracing each number with a pencil.

Once you remove the carbon paper you can see the traced number just enough to paint it.

 

I used a black sharpie to outline the numbers and filled in with some black craft paint.

 I really like the way the black numbers connect with the black countertop.

 

 I'm linking to the following parties:

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch

Motivate Me Monday at Keeping It Simple 

Nifty Thrify Tuesdays at Coastal Charm