Project two almost finished!

My second project I completed mostly but then my husband said it should be varnished and offered to do it...so who knows when it will be finished? LOL But MY end is complete.
I wanted to try to do projects that I could complete without having to buy anything. Something simple, easy, that wouldn't take a long time...so I had seen this one idea on Pinterest that I knew I could do easily.
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So since I too had a boring old knife block, I thought I should try painting it and see what happened. I ended up painting it a green shade cause it goes with my kitchen colours pretty well. Then I hadn't read how the girl distressed hers so I tried to mix a few colours together and used a plastic fork to give wavy lines...yeah it looked that stupid too...so I repainted over it (I just used acrylic paint cause I have tons) and then read how she did it and went "OH!" borrowed some sandpaper from my hubby and voila! It now looks like it's supposed to. But my husband wants to varnish it to protect...ok, good idea...so once he does that, I will post the final pic. Another mini project done. I just bought all the supplies and fabric for my upcoming "big" project that I'm going to start working on tonight (if I don't fall asleep too early!)...stay tuned!!