table l’amour – a valentine’s project?

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·January 25, 2008·3 Comments

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cent noms de l'amour

michelle gives an old ikea table (now discontinued) a little bit of love.

she writes, “it’s an old ikea café table that has been painted and weather-proofed based on a design found on the cover of the art book Les Cent Noms de l’Amour(right). i’ve always been a fan of highly stylized arabic calligraphy (in this case of one of the arab words for love), so this project was a great opportunity to explore its sinuous forms on a functional canvas.

i used several layers of liquitex acrylic heavy body paint and a helmsman semi-gloss urethane finish. the ‘strokes’ in the calligraphy are actually composed of many small paintbrush strokes.”

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Jules Yap

Jules Yap started IKEAHackers.net in 2006 as a personal blog to showcase the most impressive IKEA hacks from all over the world. Since then, she has learned a lot more about power tools and DIY. Her site has helped thousands modify IKEA furniture with step-by-step tutorials, craft projects and home styling.

Jules is the author of IKEAHackers.net: 25 Biggest and Best Projects".