Today we are making
an altar!! I have spent the week remodeling my kitchen so I wanted to share a
remodeling project with you. This is the witchiest remodeling project I could
think of J I bought this old table at Goodwill for like $10, and
planned to do something with it. As projects often do it sat around for a
couple of years. Now it’s a beautiful altar for the entry way of your home. You
can use it to welcome and thank the Gods, and ancestor altar, or a blessing
before you leave and when you come home altar. Your imagination is the limit!
You will need:
An
old table, nightstand, dresser, etc.
Sandpaper
Screwdriver
Sticker
Paper
Paint
Pens
Total Cost: Under $20 (if you limit your table cost to $10 that is the only
variable)
I forgot to take a before picture. I do this a LOT! I have
hundreds of pictures of half eaten birthday cakes!
First I had to peel
through the contact paper on top and sand the sides and legs. I scraped it off
with a screwdriver and a piece of sandpaper. Later I found out you can pay a
stripper to do it much easier! I’m just kidding he said you can buy something
called stripper at the store.
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Once I got all of this off I sanded it
smooth I wiped it down with a wet rag to get the extra dusty bits off. I really
like dark woods so I wanted to stain it a mahogany color. I got a small can at
Walmart for like $3!! I wanted the top to stand out so I only stained it and
not the legs. I painted the legs black to help the top stand out as well.
After the stain and
paint dried I printed a sticker of a pentacle with moons on sticker paper (you
can get a pack of 3 at Michael’s for like $5) for the top and painted the
symbols for the elements in the corners. I used a paint pen to write on the lip
under the top on all four sides. The front is shown below. The back says
Blessed Be and the sides are runes. I used a paint pen to write Namaste' on the
bottom tray.
The
finished product decorates and in place! The total cost for this project was
under $20!! Good will and thrift stores are gold mines for crafters. Just be
sure to not let your crafts, and would be craft projects, run you out of your
home!
