Old wood salad bowls like these are plentiful at garage sale and thrift stores. With just a little bit of painting and sanding you can update them to go with any color scheme.
If they are HEAVILY lacquered, you’ll need to sand away the sheen before painting them; OR use a spray on primer like KILZ. The finish on this particular stack of bowls was worn enough that I was able to go straight to painting. I had another smaller set of bowls that I sprayed with the KILZ first.
I painted both sets various shades of aqua, then sanded and distressed them a bit. The bigger set has dark finish showing through, and the smaller set has the white primer coat showing through.
Here’s what they look like inside:
I just LOVE how these blue bowls look on this green cupboard!!
You’ve made them look like the old dough bowls that sell for a pretty penny everywhere. Great job. I’ll have to watch out for these. I do have a set that is in the shapes of playing card symbols, Heart, Spade, etc. maybe I can do something like this with them.
Oh I love these!
I love the colour and I love how distressed they are, and the mixture of shades look so pretty together.
Alison x