Creativity Strikes Again...

See this floral arrangment? You wanna know how much it cost? A whopping $30, maybe even a little less. I'd say it's a big improvement since my first attempt back in October of last year. All it took was a container that I bought for doing this project 5 years ago (it takes me a while to catch the rest of my vision), a bunch of fall bushes 85% off after Halloween, and some green foam. I LOVE creating things and adding a splash of color and beauty to my home all with such a small cost. This arrangement has already had a few resting places in our home, but for now it is happy in this little nook.

From Drab to Fab...

I'm into the "spray painting" age, are you? Once you see the transformations I've done you just might want to join in!

First there's this 4ft by 6 ft-ish mirror that I found on Craigslist (shocker, I know) for only $85. What was once gold and red became black and gold with a little spray paint and then gold "dry brushing." I can hardly wait to hang it on the wall in my front room!





Then there's this little dresser that my mother-in-law gave us (which was given to her by another friend). Anyway, it came to us in a county blue. My original plan was to spray paint it black and change the hardware, but then I saw a refinishing project on 320 Sycamore and I just had to try it out. So I used paint stripper to get off all the layers of paint on the top part of the dresser - it just bubbles right up and wipes off! The only problem was that the original finish was not just normal latex/oil paint so the stripper wouldn't take it off so I resorted to sanding which took more time, but still effective.





After getting off all the paint from the top, I taped off the sides and applied a few coats of Dark Walnut stain.



I had decided to spray paint the sides cream initially but after painting it cream, it wasn't achieving the look I wanted. It was too light. So back to Home Depot (that's the store we go to most often now; sometimes multiple times a day). This time I came back with an Oregano green. Much better!



I wanted to highlight (or darklight :) the details on the door. So I tried to q-tip some stain in the grooves of the doors, but of course it blurbed everywhere. When I tried to wipe it off I couldn't wipe it off clean. Lucky for me I unexpectedly liked the look of the stain distressed on there so I did it to all of the green surface. I LOVE IT! The final step is adding a polyurethane coat to the top to make it look more finished and more durable... I haven't got that far yet, but I hope to soon. The weather is so favorable to doing these re-vamping projects!



Go breathe new life into some furniture that you're not crazy over anymore. With a fresh coat of paint you can get the look of FAB with something that was quite DRAB!