Facelift for an Old Clock

I was visiting my little brother a couple of months ago and he had this old clock on his wall.  I told him that I liked his clock, but it needed a little fix-up.  He took the clock off the wall and handed it to me.  I love a challenge!

This is what the clock looked like before.  It was that '70s, orange-brown stained wood with gold swirly designs on the glass.  Even with the ugly accents, I loved the beautiful shape of the clock.

I started by removing the ugly gold, curly cues from the glass with vinegar and a razor blade.  They came right off!  I would have painted the clock a weathered gray, like this coffee table, if it was for myself.  Since it was for my brother, I decided to paint it black and distress the edges.

After I painted it, it still need something else and I decided a new face would complete the transformation.  I turned to my friend, Renee, from Shabby, Chic & Charming.  She has a lovely blog with so many creative ideas and I remembered she beautifully transformed one of her clocks by designing a new face. You can see her transformed clock by clicking here.  I asked her if she would design a face for mine too and she did an amazing job!  I love the Roman numerals and the distressing she added with her graphics program.

 I wanted to customize it for my brother, so I asked Renee to add Sherman (his last name) clock company at the top.  She also picked a lovely, yet masculine graphic of a lion and unicorn, that looks like a family crest, for the bottom.  I love it!

I printed the face out at Staples on white card stock and then added some smoke colored glaze for more depth.

I cut it out and used Modge Podge to decoupage the new face over the old one.

I hope my brother likes his clock facelift!

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