DIY White Stone Tray | Centsational Mannequin

Texture is probably going one of many strategies in order so as to add curiosity to your areas, and so I seek for surfaces that will do precisely that. I was strolling spherical Curiosity Lobby and observed baggage of little white stones throughout the floral half and thought these might be a cool supplies to craft with, then I spied a plain wood tray and thought I would combine the two to see if I could make this tray further attention-grabbing using these little stones.

I launched them residence and began working, using some leftover tile adhesive and grout I had in my storage. With a bit of bit persistence piecing it collectively and some white paint to finish it off, the tray acquired right here to life. Proper right here it is, my handmade white stone wall decorative (or serving) tray.

The supplies you need to to recreate this tray: one bag of white river rocks; wood spherical tray or a circle wood sign (what I used); tile adhesive; white grout; painter’s tape; kitchen sponge; white paint & paintbrush.

Step One: Cowl base of tray/sign to protect ground, paint inside with one coat of white paint (or save the paint step to the highest).

Step Two: Using a small amount of tile adhesive, join the little stones individually to the sides and excessive of the tray one after the other.

You have to play with the stones to get their irregular shapes to go well with collectively however it’s part of the pleasurable. 🙂

Allow the adhesive and stones to set a minimum of 5 or 6 hours.

Step Three: Apply the grout between the stones, I tried piping it in with a plastic bag nonetheless that obtained messy so then I merely used my fingers to wedge the grout between the rocks. Apply the grout about 1/3 throughout the tray then gently press it in between them then wipe away the grout from the very best of the stones with a kitchen sponge.

I used the robust aspect of the sponge to rinse the grout off the ground of the rocks, making my methodology throughout the tray. Keep sponging the rocks so the grout doesn’t dry on excessive of them and solely between them.

Allow the tray to dry completely, I left it outdoor throughout the photo voltaic for a day. The inside of the tray had water spots from the grout course of so I painted over them with white paint and the within sides too.