Q: How? A: Paint, Vinyl, Decoupage Medium

So I have been redecorating our powder room recently and as part of this process I wanted to change the way I have decorated the box where the spare TP is kept. We have a vinyl cutting machine and I have been wanting to try putting a number on a project rather than words since that seems to be a new trend. So here is a BEFORE picture (this box holds 6 rolls of paper and I bought it several years ago on the craft isle at Wal*Mart).

First I sanded it down just lightly to remove the thin raised surface of the paint that was already there.

Next I spray painted it an aqua blue color (because I painted the bathroom walls a soft blue and because I already had a can of this color spray paint in the garage). After that dried I spray painted the top and bottom edge of the box in black leaving a middle "stripe" that was aqua blue. When it was dry I sanded it down some more and then I took a page from a book that had been previously ruined (this was another trend I wanted to try) and tore out a roughly rectangular shape. I adhered this rectangle of text onto the center of the box with decoupage medium and then coated over it with the same - it went on milky but dried clear.

When that was completely dry then I added a vinyl cut-out of the number six and then vinyl lettering that reads "number" across the front of the number six. I chose six for this project because the box holds 6 rolls of paper - maybe my kids will take the hint and make sure it's always stocked up full? Yeah, that'll happen. Anyway here is a picture of the bathroom with the finished TP box in service. Oh yeah, and I cut out vinyl letters for the mirror that say... "Yes, you're the fairest of them all." My kids thought that was cute and funny - even the boys.