How to paint chevron stripes: 2nd jewelry box upcycle

Hi folks! Happy Monday(ha ha...)

I found this vintage wooden jewelry box hiding on a bottom shelf at a goodwill.

Inside was less than fresh...

First I gutted it!

I don't know what kind of glue they used on this... but it took some muscle(and a butter knife!) to get it out!

Then I  broke out some paint + primer from Rustoleum.

I must say, I have forgotten how well Rustoleum covers. I still love krylon for their awesome nozzle and wide selection of awesome colors, BUT I have to use almost twice as much paint compared to Rustoleum.

1st coat

This is what happens when you don't shake your paint enough! Shake shake shake!

Look at that smooth finish! But we're not done yet...

Right off the bat, the top jumped out at me to do a bold graphic print(Just not that 70's flower design...sorry!)

I decided on chevron stripes, and after a couple google searches I found this from 2 Crafty 4 my Skirt(an awesome blog btw). It didn't require math or a cricut, so I jumped right on it! Basically, you are going to apply your tape in a crisscross pattern like so:

I simply put my tape down on the diagonal in one direction, then layered it across in the other.

Make sure you smooth the tape down well to prevent bleeding.

Next I busted out my brand spankin' new X-Acto knife!

You can't see it, but it's hot pink!

Basically what you are going to do is cut out the parts of tape you don't need!

Top part of tape removed

I found this method to be super easy and I had super straight lines with minimal effort! I thought I had taken a shot after I finished cutting off the tape I didn't need, but I forgot. Bad blogger!

I chose this beautiful vibrant turquoise, also from Rustoleum.

Here's after painting:

Make sure you remove the tape while the paint is still wet. As you can see, the only casualty was a small smudge (bottom right) which was easily fixed with a qtip and a tiny, tiny bit of goo gone.

The most difficult part of this entire project was replacing the interior fabric. I couldn't find any gray velvet, so but I was able to find a beautiful gray linen fabric, on clearance! I didn't take many "in process" pictures, because it took forever and it was really, really late. Basically I used modge podge the adhere the fabric to the wood. 

For the rolls that hold rings, I just glued the fabric over the existing foam. I also added a small round mirror inside the lid, and then lightly distressed all over. Here is the final product!

It feels this like project took me about 1,000 hours, but I love how it turned out!! What do you think?