How to Make a Chippy Ladder
This project began with an old piece of trellis a friend had given me.
It sat in my backyard all summer getting more and more distressed and chippy.
My husband was ready to throw it out when I grabbed it and saved it from the garbage.
He is notorious for throwing things out!
You can hear all about that sad story by following this link.
This piece was definitely broken but I knew it had a lot of potential.
The first thing I did was to take apart the trellis.
Now it really looked like it needed to go in the trash!
When all the slats were removed I was left with these 2 pieces.
I cut a bunch of the slats to 16" long.
(perfectly chippy)
On the end of each slat I drilled a hole.
When my new ladder was finished I coated the chippy paint with Fusion Mineral Paint Tough Coat Sealer.
The sealer will keep the chippy paint from chipping anymore.
Chippy is adorable but nobody wants to constantly clean up paint chips!
I am so excited about this ladder!
Not only was this trellis saved from the trash, but it turned out to be an awesome decorative piece to hang blankets or fabric!
For more details on the hutch pictured above please visit this Organizing the Hutch post.
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