Hello!  Welcome back to Decorate and More with Tip.  I am here to share my tips on how to decorate on a budget.  Today I am sharing another tray DIY.  On a previous blog I shared how I took Dollar Tree items and made a double tiered tray and on another blog the basic tips on styling a tiered tray.  I love using all sorts of trays when decorating our home.  Here are the tutorials for you to review ⇒  DOLLAR TREE DOUBLE TIERED TRAY TUTORIAL and BASIC WAY TO STYLE A TIERED TRAY.  To see all my DIY Tray tutorials ⇒ DIY TRAY TUTORIALS.

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My sweet husband scheduled insulation to be blown into our attic this coming Friday. 🙁  That means I have to remove ALL, yes you read it right, all my “stuff” up in the attic before Friday!  While I was up there I saw two of my trays just sitting there one inside of the other.  It gave me an idea for a DIY.  So, instead of boxing everything up I started looking for items I could use.  Do you remember when I found a table on the side of the road?  I shared the whole thing on my stories.  I didn’t keep the table but I did keep the legs of the table.  I grabbed those and a shadow box frame as well as the two trays, down from the attic I went with my items in hand to make a 3 tiered tray!

Here are the items I am going to use

Two different size trays and a wooden shadow box frame.  I will use the frame for the top tray.  It was the perfect size and it was made out of wood.

I will only use a couple of the table legs for this DIY.  Keeping the rest for a future DIY. 🙂

I picked up this handle pull from Hobby Lobby to add to the top of my tray.

I will be using some wood glue, a nail gun, a circular saw and a drill for this DIY.

I had Mr. Tip cut 2 of the table legs to the length I needed and cut 4 ends to use as legs for my tray.  I am using one leg as is.

Taking the 4 little pieces and a nail gun, I added the 4 pieces to my larger tray.  Nailing inside of the tray to secure the legs on the bottom.

I used a drill bit a little larger than the screw to drill a hole in the center of the tray.

• I measured to find the center of the tray
• placed a mark
• drilled a hole at the mark

I placed the screw inside the drilled hole and used a bolt to secure the leg on tightly.

Taking the second size tray and drilling a hole the same way.  Placed it on top making sure the screw goes through the drilled hole.

Since we had to cut the next leg for the second support piece, I drilled a pilot hole on the top of the table leg to allow the screw to thread easily.  I used a drill bit smaller than the screw.

Screwing it down into the bottom support.  I have to drill a pilot hole on top of the support as well.

For the top tray, I am using a wooden shadow box frame.  Taking the frame apart removing the glass and side panels, I won’t be using those.  I placed wood glue around the lip of the frame and placing the back of the frame inside creating a little tray.

I drilled a hole in the center of the shadow box.   Placed another piece of a table leg to the top.  I drilled another pilot hole to add the handle.

Taking it all apart to paint.  I gave it one good coat of Waverly truffle chalk paint.

To create a rustic weathered look I dry brush some Waverly white chalk paint onto the pieces.  You can check how I do a dry brushing in a previous tutorial.  DRY BRUSHING TUTORIAL.

I put the tiered tray all back together.  I love using the table legs because they had screws so it can be interchangeable, from a three tiered tray…

to a double tiered tray…

or to a single tray.  I can take it apart without any trouble.

This tray is very sturdy and it’s huge y’all.  I LOVE IT!!

Next time you run into a thrift store or stop at a yard sale check out trays or anything that has three different sizes, grab them up….you can make a tiered tray like mine.  Pin on your Pinterest board to share with your friends.

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