Donut wall on Save My Bakery: Why…I mean how did we do that?

Theresa making donuts for Save My Bakery

A dozen donuts on the wall seemed like the perfect art project for this episode of ‘Save My Bakery’ on Food Network.

‣ MyFixitUpLife Donut wall on Save My Bakery
Theresa’s dozen donut wall on ‘Save My Bakery’ for Food Network

Bringing in a little whimsy and celebrating Phatso’s Bakery’s food through art, I wanted to make a donut wall. A dozen oversized pretty donuts in a crisp white box.

Let’s step back for a second. So the fun part about designing for a Food Network show where the owner of the bakery doesn’t have a say in the design: I have an opportunity let my imagination run wild. And create donut wall art.

But how do you make large-scale donuts that can hang on the wall? I thought about many ways to go about creating a dozen 12-inch diameter donuts. A pool noodle? Too perfectly round. Dough? It hardens eventually. But it takes more than our 48-hour deadline. And it would weigh a lot.

I settled on expanding spray foam for these donuts. After carving them into the perfect shape, I covered them in joint compound, painted each and decorated my little donut beauties.

While working on the donuts, I realized that I could have taken a cue from ‘Save My Bakery‘ host Kerry Vincent and used a styrofoam cake form. Those cake forms are the perfect shape. Just need a little bit of carving and some caulk to create the donut-like frosted texture.

Next time.

 

‣ MyFixitUpLife Donuts sculpted and ready for paint
Donuts sculpted and ready for paint
‣ MyFixitUpLife Sanding the donuts Save My Bakery
Sanding the donuts for Phatso’s episode of Save My Bakery
‣ MyFixitUpLife Painted donuts ready for decorating
Painted donuts ready for decorating
‣ MyFixitUpLife Theresa making donuts for Save My Bakery
Theresa decorating donuts for Save My Bakery
‣ MyFixitUpLife Spray painting wood shavings for Save My Bakery
Spray painting wood shavings for Save My Bakery
‣ MyFixitUpLife Stripe the wall for Save My Bakery
Stripe the wall to help show off the white box of 12-inch diameter donuts on Save My Bakery.
‣ MyFixitUpLife Mark and Theresa on Save My Bakery
Mark and Theresa just before the big reveal on Save My Bakery
‣ MyFixitUpLife Theresa and Kerry on Save My Bakery
Theresa and Kerry on Save My Bakery
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Theresa
A handy designer and writer, she shares DIY projects, tool how-to, and home makeovers as a book author, home show speaker, DIY workshop coach, and radio host. Plus, she has a degree in journalism with a minor in architecture, and is a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPs) and certified color consultant. She's created fast-paced makeovers for TV shows, and shares home trends and DIY tips as a freelance writer and guest on news shows and satellite media tours for TV and radio.

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