Faux marble pillars

 I made these faux marble pillars for only 20p each! and in only two steps, here's how!

 Firstly i bought these 3 cake pillars at a charity stall for only 20p each, i have seen them in other charity shops so they seem to be readily available, or of course you could buy them from any craft shop or cake decorating shop.

 Next i re-painted them white to hide scuffs and chunks out of the plaster. Because they are made of plaster they soak up the paint fast and so drying time is very short.

First I painted some veins in one direction in grey on the pillars, you can see i did the first two here. It helps to have a picture of marble infront of you for realism, but the joy of marble is that it's random. the tricky part was pushing it into the dips in the pillar.

 Next I added black veins with a cocktail stick as it needed to be thinner, i got a bit carried away on the right hand one thinking it was tree roots, so that side can go up against a wall. I have varnished the right hand one but you can't really tell so i didn't bother with the other two, i may go back and do that later though.

 Here is the pillar in the study with my new peg doll - another charity shop but 35p! It needed love and care and came home with me to live in the house.

This is the square one in the bathroom and i think it looks fab!

I did all 3 in about an hour so have fun and enjoy marble pillars the cheap way!

Much Love,
Freya xxx