Painted Wall Shelf with Crackle Medium

This heart shaped wall shelf was another thrift store find. Originally, it was all wood, with a few scratches. Now it is refreshed and hanging in our room. 

Supplies: 

• An awesome thrift store find you want to re-vamp
• Dark shade acrylic paint
• Light shade acrylic paint
• Crackle Medium
• Paintbrush

Step 1: Paint your object with the dark shade acrylic paint, let dry completely

Step 2: Brush on your crackle medium, follow the instructions on the bottle. Mine said to let dry for about 10 minutes (until it felt tacky). Here is something like what I used:

Step 3: After your crackle has set, lightly brush over with the lighter acrylic color (a foam sponge brush worked great for this) Let dry!