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DIY Vintage French Tin

by Janet Clark at Home

I love Vintage tins and old buckets to hold cut flowers. After seeing so many images on Pinterest, I knew I had to make some for myself. The first project was a DIY vintage French tin.

DIY vintage french tin on chippy paint chair
DIY vintage french tin in chippy white cabinet with ironstone dishes

Supplies

  • an old can
  • a paper graphic and a plain sheet of paper
  • glue (I used a glue gun)
  • instant tea and a tea bag

How to DIY a vintage french tin

What better than an old rusty, crusty paint can to start with?

old paint can for DIY

Step 1 – Remove the old paper from the paint can

old paint can for french tin tutorial

Step 2 – Add the french graphic

french graphic printable

You can find many free printable graphics from The Graphics Fairy Blog. I chose a french shoe manufacturing label.

cutting a french graphic printable

Cut the graphic to the size of your can. Of course you can use scissors, but I like to use a blade and straight edge.

making handle holes in paper for a french tin DIY

Cut out holes for the handles if your can has them.

Gluing paper on paint can

Start with the plain piece of paper for the back and glue the edges. Then wrap the graphic around the front and glue the edges, overlapping the paper.

paint can with french graphic printable

Step 3 – Add rust spots with tea staining

tea for tea staining paper

You can see more detailed tea staining here. Basically, just dab dry instant tea on the paper with a wet tea bag, creating rust around the edges and random spots.

tea staining a french graphic

TaDa! You’re Done! Ten minutes and the price of two pieces of paper and you have a vintage french tin.

DIY vintage french tin

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How to make a vintage french tin

Thanks for stopping by,

Janet

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Hi! I’m Janet, I just want to make beautiful things and make things beautiful! I enjoy creating a vintage, romantic home with lots of DIY and thrifty  projects. Follow along with me as I add character and charm to a builder grade home. Read more about me here.

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