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Easy Gold Leafed Agate Bookends

by Jennifer

When I shared the simple jeweled box project with you the other day, I had plans to show you today how I gold leafed the agate bookends in the photo.  You are all such eagle-eyed readers, though – I couldn’t believe how many questions I got about the bookends!

Gold leaf agate bookends the easy way!

I found them at Home Goods about a month ago and they were a steal – $14.99 each.  For real agate, I was psyched.

Even plain agate is gorgeous, but I’d seen some other blog friends – Kristin at Bliss at Home and Caitlin at Desert Domicile – give their agate pieces the gold treatment and the look was calling to me.

Have you ever worked with liquid gold leaf?  It’s so bright and rich and authentic-looking and so easy to use.  You just brush it on.

Your supplies for this project are only:

  • liquid gold leaf
  • a small paintbrush
  • agate bookends
And the steps are just as simple – brush the liquid gold leaf carefully on the rough sides of the bookends, let it dry, and…that’s it!
Add instant glam to agate bookends by adding gold leaf
I think they’re so pretty, I’m not even using them as bookends right now but as decorative accents on the built-ins in my dining room.
I’m all about the five-minute projects this week, huh?
When the projecting is this easy and this good, how can I say no??
How to gold leaf agate bookends the easy way

 

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Meet Jen

I'm a design and DIY lover, decorator, modern home-maker, foodie, fashion enthusiast, and jill-of-all-trades when it comes to home improvement. I'm slowly but surely adding classic-contemporary style to my early 90's colonial home one inch at a time and I'm taking you along for the ride.

It's often messy - there are usually project remnants and toys strewn about - but the making of a home isn't always tidy work and I love showing you how you can make and style and organize your way to a home and a life you love!

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