![Close up details for the chippy paint on the paint and craft station. A very chippy lazy susan crafting and painting station.](https://diydanielle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/artlazysusan.jpg.webp)
How to update a thrift store Lazy Susan for use with painting and crafts. This project was completed with snow white and soldier blue Old Fashioned Milk Paint.
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Ahhhhhh I needed a craft for this month’s Old Fashioned Milk Paint post. For some reason, I’ve been coming up blank. Everything I touch has died an ugly death recently… I mean… it’s not going well. You ever have those weeks? Usually I just put my sewing machine, hammer, etc away for a while and find a good book to read. Well I needed a post by the 31st and on the 26th, I was wandering Goodwill looking for inspiration.
I found this.
![Lazy susan before photo. Before Pictures: Lazy Susan from the thrift store](https://diydanielle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/before-old-lazy-susan.jpg.webp)
The turning mechanism worked perfectly and the glass containers weren’t damaged at all. I left the glass to wash, and decided to paint the wood. My initial thought was that I’d use this for food, but I just struggled to think when I would use it.
Then I remembered the paint party that I’m hosting in a week! This would be PERFECT for holding paint.
… I know, it would also be perfect for holding food at the party. BUT PAINT! It’s nice to have a rotating item like this for everyone to share the colors at a table. I think it’d also be perfect for crafts with small items like beads or gems. I like the glass containers because they’re easy to clean out.
Supplies Supplies listed below may include affiliate links to the products.
- Old Fashioned Milk Paint: Soldier Blue and Snow White
- Sander or sand paper
- Polyurethane
- Wet paper towel
- Paint brushes and a container to mix paint in
- Felt for bottom and hot glue gun
Tutorial
![Sanding down the lazy susan so it's ready to be painted. Sanding a thrift store lazy susan.](https://diydanielle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sand-lazy-susan.jpg.webp)
![Supplies and a sanded lazy susan to create a craft station. Lazy Susan Paint & Craft Station Supplies](https://diydanielle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mixpaintlazysusan.jpg.webp)
![Old Fashioned Milk Paint in Soldier Blue: Layer One One coat of Soldier Blue Old Fashioned Milk Paint](https://diydanielle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/onelayerpaint-lazysusan.jpg.webp)
![Removing the chipped paint using a vacuum. Vacuum to remove chipped paint.](https://diydanielle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/chippypaint-512x1024.jpg.webp)
Next, I took some white OFMP to go over the top. I wanted a white wash look so I used more water in the mix than normal, and also wiped the piece down with a wet paper towel. This worked *fairly* well. It also made it chip more.
![Adding white paint over the blue to create a hazy look to the piece. White Old Fashioned Milk Paint over the Blue](https://diydanielle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/whitewashoverbluelazysusan.jpg.webp)
Let dry. Repeat process to clean up with the vacuum.
Use something to seal your piece. I used two or three layers of polyurethane.
![Beautiful chippy milk paint lazy susan update. Pouring paint into the individual containers for the lazy susan.](https://diydanielle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/painting-station.jpg.webp)
![Craft Station for Beading, Painting, and More Thrift store lazy susan, painted with Old Fashioned Milk Paint and left chippy.](https://diydanielle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/paintnightsupplies.jpg.webp)
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![How to create an art and craft station from a lazy susan. These are great for paint nights, beading and more. DIY Lazy Susan Craft Station](https://diydanielle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/createcraftpaintstation-358x1024.jpg.webp)