I have turned our backyard into a beach area as we have a large pool. I love the ocean, sand and seashells but as we live 2 hrs away from the ocean, we hardly ever see it. I thought instead of whinging, I should just do something about it. I decided to create an illusion to pretend I was there.
Our B.B.Q area is behind our pool so I started there. My daughter had 2 very old solid doors she had turned into trestle tables. As she was moving and couldn't take them with her, Mum and Dad scored!
As I love brightly coloured beach huts, I made 8 mini sized ones at ceramics.
I glued them on the door (which is now a table) all in a row leaving room at the edges for our plates, knives and forks.
I glued them on the door (which is now a table) all in a row leaving room at the edges for our plates, knives and forks.
I then went to the op shop (thrift store) and found these beautiful big tiles for only 20 cents each. Breaking them in pieces, I glued them on like a jigsaw puzzle.
Of course this procedure is called a mosaic.
My design was just a colour coordinated abstract. The colour of nature, tea tree, dry sand, wet sand and the sea. I didn't know how to colour the grout and was told to mix in paint. It has served well and hasn't faded.
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