DIY Wooden Handmade Trivet

My craft this week is a trivet for the dinner table.  I really have needed to get new trivets, and decided instead of buying something, I will make a few wooden ones.  In our family, we use trivets all the time. Especially on pizza night, where we are bringing in hot pizzas either in personal pans or on a hot pizza stone fresh off of our Big Green Egg.  Hope you enjoy this simple, yet elegant design.

Items needed:

• 3/4in thick piece of wood....cut to 7in by 7 in square.  (I found an inexpensive piece of popular at Lowe's that was already 7 1/4in wide and 24in long.  So I just cut squares that were 7 1/4in wide.  You can adjust as needed)
• Paint (Khaki, Melted Chocolate Brown and Black.  I used Apple Barrel paints)
• Painters tape (I actually used pin striping tape from the auto parts store....it comes in different widths and stays put well for painting.)
• Clear Coat spray
• Felt furniture feet in small circles

Directions:

1.  After I cut my wood to size, I sanded it smooth.  Then I painted the entire piece with the Khaki color. Let dry.

2.  Next I lined my board with tape.  As you can see, I used three different widths of tape to create different patterns.  I didn't really want anything too uniform.

3.  Next I began painting my darker colors.  I use a mix of Chocolate Brown and Black mostly....sometimes mixing in a hint of the Khaki too.  Just giving it a wood grain look.

4.  Once painted completely, let dry.

5.  Once completely dry, pull off the tape and prepare to clear coat.

6.  I recommend 3-5 coats of clear coat on it.  I did 5 coats and let dry completely between each one.  This usually takes a few days to complete all coats of clear.  (Slowest part of entire project!)

7.  Once last coat of clear is dry, I place 4 felt feet onto the bottom using the felt guard circles made for furniture bottoms.  Can be found in hardware stores and Target.  Great for a nice cushioned finished on bottom of wood.  

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.  If you liked this, you might check out these...

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