Vintage style wooden coasters

Pimping coasters remains a fun activity and it's always fun to have homemade coasters on your own table. That's why we transformed a nice wooden coaster set, this time with beautiful colors of chalk paint and some templates. With the templates, you can easily tampon beautiful figures on many surfaces. So you don't have to have a fixed hand to get these beautiful patterns on the coasters.! And how to give the coasters a nice “stained” look so that you can still see the wood grain through it, read below!

Choose 6 color chalk paint. We chose green, turquoise, ochre, pink, blue and chile orange. Place a little bit of any colour on a plate or piece of aluminium foil. Then a few drops of water, and you have a transparent paint to color your coaster. The grain of the wood remains visible and gives a natural effect.

Use the handy sponge template (with a piece of sponge, sponge brush or tampoon brush) the pattern on the coloured coaster. The best thing is to choose a contrasting colour so you can clearly stand out the pattern against the surface.

Also paint the wooden storage box and put your most beautiful pattern on it. You can also put that pattern on the back, or maybe it's nice if it gets a different pattern. The chalk paint has the advantage that it dries really very quickly.! So you can finish off immediately (with a matte transparent varnish) so that no stains from e.g. your wine glass. Plus, the finish coats are also useful so you can wipe the coasters with a damp cloth.

We're going to have fun with this coaster set for years, that's for sure! And, I'm curious to see what color scheme you like the best.. pink and blue? Or the green with the light blue (Ibiza blue) pattern? Feel free to let you know below!