DIY - Black & White Painted Tray

Hi friends,

I have a quick and easy project for you today.

It started with the need for a little tray to hold some stuff.

I have like 20 trays around the house, but surprisingly none of them were good enough for what I had in mind - more about that in a later post.

Of course, as a good DIY'er I went to the garage, rummaging around all the pieces of wood I had in there, and found the perfect pieces to create my tray. ;)

A piece of  ½" plywood and four pieces of mitered 1 x 2's to fit around the plywood base were all the wood needed for this tray.

The 1 x 2' were glued and nailed together to form the sides of the tray.

I traced the outline underneath the base as a helpful guide before doing the countersink pre-drills from the bottom of the tray and into the sides.

1" wood screws were driven all around and the tray was done, but I disassembled it to first paint the design.

The base was painted Ralph Lauren Vulcanite 4358. Then, using a ruler and a pencil I found the center of the tray to create a pinwheel design.

The painted areas were separated with painter's tape.

Uh oh! You can clearly see what happens when you use a cheap kind of tape without preparing the area: Lots of paint sipping underneath the tape. >:(
On the lower triangle, the tape was placed and the inside area was first painted the same dark color, letting it dry before applying the three coats of white. - Much better!

I had to go again and fix many of those areas, but here is the final design ---> Far from perfect, but I like it.  ;)

The final details, after assembling again the base and sides together, were to protect the finish with two coats of glossy poly and add a pair of golden handles.

The end result is a chic tray.

Gold, black & white couldn't go any better!

And to think that those were a bunch of ugly pieces of wood!


Some more fun DIY - Tray projects you might like:

Painted Tray Makeover

A Repurposed Drawer

Painted Tray with Greek Key Design

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