My Large Wall Clock Gets a Makeover

We all have our decorating passions. Those things that pull at your heart strings every time you see them, whether you see that decorating object in a store, a magazine, or you spy it in a photo on Pinterest. I have lots of decorating passions … white ironstone, fresh flowers, vintage mirrors, and big old clocks. I’ve been on the hunt for a large wall clock for some time, but didn’t want to spend a lot of money. About a year ago I found a great clock for my family room on sale at a local boutique. I brought it home but unfortunately, the color wasn’t quite right. Does that ever happen to you? Rather than return it (the clock was a great price, after all), I decided to give my large wall clock a makeover.

Here’s the clock in my family room after the makeover was all done. Due to the soft colors in this room, I felt it was too dark when I brought it home from the store. I admit I had a bit of a sinking feeling in my stomach when I realized this.

This is how my large wall clock looked originally. I love its worn appearance but it was too dark.

I painted the frame of the clock in Paris Grey using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and then gave it a whitewash with Old White. I followed up with a coat of clear wax and sparingly used dark wax to bring out a few of the details. I liked the paint job, but the face of the clock was too yellow and looked garish to me when hanging on the wall.

So I removed the clock face from its frame, which was easy to do.

I grabbed an old book (not vintage, mind you) and a bottle of Mod Podge and got busy decoupaging the face of this large wall clock. And yes, I do this right on my floor with no drop cloth!

The pages don’t have to lay out perfectly, in fact, it looks better when they overlap and look a little haphazard. I simply trimmed the edges of the book pages to match the outer curve of the clock.

Using stencils and acrylic paint, I carefully added numbers in the right spot on the clock face.

My large wall clock now blends in with the room instead of sticking out like a sore thumb. The moral of this story is … you can always fix a decorating mistake with a little ingenuity, paint, and Mod Podge!  

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