pepper grinder and knife block

so my pepper grinder and knife block are still the blond wood color, a bit out of place and stark in our new darker wood home so why not paint them, today this was my project and although they did not start out what I wanted I think by the end they will be a nice change.. for now anyway!

after fiddling around and a few more layers of glaze here is it now, not sealed just waiting to decide if I want to keep it this color

 they re darker than the photo