Lamp Fraternal Twin: Before and After

Remember this lamp redo here

Well, I found it's twin!

not identical, fraternal

$4.00 at the D.I.!  I loved the first one so much. It's home is in the spare bedroom.  So I bought this one for my craft room!

I found a new trick - tin foil.

I wrapped it around the bulb socket and the glass.

I spray primed it, then used Bauhaus gold.  Can you tell what color my craft room is? 

The lamp and mirror are not the only things that got hit with Bauhaus gold, but that's for another post!

Vintage chalk board: Before & After

I have been a busy girl, my hubby went on a back packing fishing trip, so I had me a party! 

A spray painting party and the guests were

Me!

I have a craft room in progress, key word progress.

It was a nursery all summer - for baby Cash, and he is coming again for a week - Can you hear me shout for JOY!

Here is the Before:

minus the mirror

I used Valspar chalkboard paint on the mirror.

and I have seen this all over pinterest - An elastic rubber band around your can. Wiping the brush against the side of the can to remove extra paint is sloppy!

So when you stick your paint brush in, you wipe it against the elastic  rubber band instead of the side of the can. I wanted to see if it worked.  It works!!!

I primed the mirror with a spray primer, then gave it 3 good coats
of the chalk board paint.  Giving it time to dry in between.

 

It took me a while because I was distracted by the obituaries.

I skipped showing you the spray painting of the frame, but this is what I did.  I cleaned it really good. If you don't get the dirt and grime off, the spray paint will crackle.  I primed it, used a tack cloth to wipe it off.  Then I gave it a couple of coats of Krylon Bauhaus Gold.

Nice and glossy!

I love these old mirrors and they are hard to find.



It has found a permanent home in my craft room - I am making progress!

Happy Monday!

I thought you might enjoy a few mirrors I found on Etsy!
I am thinking I did good with my $5.00 thrift store mirror after seeing what they cost here. . .








Let's Party Here:

Vintage Wanna Bee
Coasal Charm
Tip Junkie
Bunny Jeans Decorating and More
House of Hepworths
Domestically Speaking
DIY Club

Stools: Before and After

Cute stools

 

These stools had a great frame, not a mark on them, but the seats were ugh! worn and dirty.

fun backs

Not so fun seats

I was going to spray the frame, but opted to change out the fabric on the seat, and leave well enough alone.

The yellow and grey combo is my favorite.

Lots of character.

Yes, I like!

I used my 40% coupon at Joann's and bought fabric protector spray.

These seats have had 3 coats!

Oh how I LOVE thee, let me count the ways! Before and After: Armoire

I am the proud of owner of 5 Armoires now!

Heaven Help me!

This one was $20.00

Here is # 1

We had a great time getting this heavy armoire down some skinny stairs in a condo.  We had to disassemble it a bit to get it down.

Lots of muscles were needed and lots of laughter happened.

better than swearing!

It seems lots of people are dumping their Armoires for cheap.  Don't they know something wonderful can happen with a little bit of imagination and paint? should we tell them?  Or not?

Much better with a new coat of paint!

but the best is yet to come!

STORAGE!

My overnight bags, for a fact get away. Instead of getting a ladder and reaching to the top shelf in the storage room!

A basket for my scarfs. If I can see them, I might actually wear them.

A place to put my current read.

A thrifted treasure for my change. There isn't any change, because I used it to go to the pop machine to buy my diet Pepsi!

A shelf for my purses. 

How you liking it so far? I am loving loving it!

This is what it looked like before I started organizing.

A drawer for my sunglasses. I never new were to keep them, where to you keep yours?

My Nook

My flip flops

It slides out for easy access. Impressed yet?

O.K. this is subject to change, but the possiblilies are exciting!

did you hear me squeal?

Paint colors and a tip!

I used Krylon KHAKI spray paint for outside and

Rust-oleum STRAWFLOWER spray paint for the inside.

The tip:

I have a quart of paint made up to match the spray paint.

I use the spray paint to get the hard to reach nooks and crannies, and then for the big stuff, like the sides, I use a High-Density Foam roller.

It saves money.  Let's  face it spray paint can get pricey.

Also,it is hard to spray a very large side or top and have it look good!

The DIY showoff

Between Naps on the Porch

Perfectly Imperfect

Coastal Charm

Amaze Me Monday

Keep it Simple

Home Stories from A to Z

Tip Junkie

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Primitive and Proper

Miss Mustard Seed

Spot Light on Abby! Before and After Dresser!

Meet Abby and her hubby Nate!


When I was a Relief Society Advisor for a Singles Ward, I met a lot of darling, dynamic girls.  I fell in Love with Abby and her sister Ali.  They both played basketball for Weber State University and oh my are they both so stinkin CUTE!  and fun and funny and stylish!  It has been fun to watch both of them fall in Love, get married and both going to have babies! What?  Things are moving fast here.  Both Abby and Ali have tried their hand at painting furniture.  Today I want to show you Abby's latest and greatest REDO!


FREE dresser:  BEFORE






AFTER!!!! doesn't surprise me it is yellow.  Abby had yellow at her wedding reception and Oh so cute!
love it Abby and you too!

Redoux

Spray painted vase and frames! Before and After

 I have had a crazy busy summer all fun stuff!  We just got back from Girls camp,
150 girls, and about 50 leaders, give and take a few!  I loved it!  Went down the river on a 4 man tube and conked heads every time we hit white water.  Went down  big ole slides at the pool, and bathed in the river, washing our hair in a hot spring that tumbled over a rock.  Slept in a tent for 3 nights and sat around a campfire.  Lots of hard work and too much fun!  Nothing like getting away from cell phones, Internet, and problems of the world to refresh and rejuvenate!

I came home wanting to create, so I pulled some of my treasures out of my stash ~ after my garage sale, I don't have much trash treasure left.  I had a couple of things from the Thrift store that I spent pennies on.  Well, this was $2.00.

 I love the shape, and it has so much potential!

I primed and sprayed and Voila! A new vase for me. . .

 A couple of 75 cent frames. Not so bad before, but. . .

 Better After!

 I  took these flowers from another vase, in another area of my house.  I bought them at Tai Pan.  If you click on Tai Pan, you can get a coupon for 25% off your total purchase until Sat. July 23rd!

The spray paint  is Rust-0leum Painter's touch 2x. The colors are  Satin Stawflower and gloss Berry Pink!

Before & After Chair

Last summer I painted this table and 4 chairs.
It is one of my favorite projects!  I still just like to look at it.
I took it to a boutique and a cute newly engaged girl bought it, she was so excited.

I particularly liked this retro wire chair.

I bought it at the thrift store for $3.00 and my lucky day I found it's twin!

I am hanging on to it this time, and it's going solo. 

I kinda liked the orange vinyl seat, but it is trashed.

It looked like it had been used for a stool, when someone was painting.
I always wonder who the previous owner was, and what their life was like!

AFTER!

I bought the fabric here:  Texas Susannie's

It is all done ready to go in my craft room.

just gotta finish the turquoise Hutch!

The chair cost about $15.00 to refinish

1 can of Valspar gray spray primer, about $3.00

1 can of Valspar gloss black spray paint, about $3.00

Fabric cost $7.44 a yard, and I used less than a half, about $3.00

The chair cost $3.00

Throw in a little extra for spray fabric protector I already had!

Not to Shabby!

Lets party here: The DIY Show Off

             Drab to Fab
                   The Shabby Nest