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Upcycled Still Life Flower Tray Table

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I love the trend of gallery walls at the moment and especially those with floral paintings on dark backgrounds. Many of those paintings were painted by the Dutch masters in the 17th – Century. I curated a collection of some of the best of those paintings which can be downloaded for free and put in your own gallery wall. However, instead of adding one of these beautiful paintings to my gallery wall, I decided to use one in an upcycle. I made a gorgeous upcycled tray table using a floral still life for the decoupage.

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  1. This is such a nice plate painting. I will go around antik shops to try to find a similar plate and make my own flower table.

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