The Magical World Of Spraypaint

Remember this? Thought so...of course it was just one post ago.

Now see this?

Eh? Nice and delicious.

Well these.....use to look like this:

Not so delicious...in fact, pretty grimy.

Thank goodness for spraypaint. (oh, and a little cardstock)

And once again.....

Remember this?

Well this use to be my grandmothers.....

so obviously it didn't start out looking like that. It looked like this:

Once again...It may be from all the fumes....but I absolutely love spraypaint. It can transform just about anything into something wonderful :)

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Stenciling books

So, I think its been quite awhile since I've last blogged....like, forrrevvva. So, here's the deal. I have like fifty.million.craft.slash.decorating.projects going on right now. And it's to the point, I can't finish one because I want to start another. Or, I finish one, and just don't know what to do with it or where to hang it on the wall and so on and so forth. So, here's a quick one I was able to do and finish and find a place for.....so, pretty much, it feels like I accomplished something (big pat on the back).

I have had a set of books underneath my coffee table for quite some time now. I like people to think that I am some what scholastic :) so, I figured, what better way to do that than put a whole pile of books on your coffee table, right? (at least, that's what I keep telling myself). Here's one of the books--

World Book Dictionary....I know right? I have a whole slew of them along with National Geographic....SMRT :) Not that they looked so bad, I just like monochromatic things, so I decided to cover a good portion of them that weren't entirely black. I just wrapped the book as if I were wrapping a gift, only I just wrapped the cover, as.seen.below--

Then I got my lovely handy stencil out, dabbed a little paint and...

Voila :)

My uber delectable books that I completely love, and it was soooooeasy.

I have one on top and few on the bottom. If I get some more time and patience to wrap more books, I may just do this to all of them, although I like the contrast with the black book in the middle still.

And, just in case you missed the other pic......Do you heart it? I heart it :)

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One of my weekend projects...Decoupage!

Don't you just love thrift store finds? Its so true that one person's junk is another person's treasure (even if it doesn't start off looking that way). I bought this cute little thing, I'm not sure if it was a trivet or just wall art, for $2 at the thrift store.



With a few coats of paint, scrapbooking paper and some decoupage. It ended up looking like this.

It turned out just the way I imagined! I thought it was too pretty to use as a trivet, so for now its hanging in our guest room.

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It was meant to be...A thrift store find

So, I had the weirdest inkling yesterday to stop by local thrift shop on my way home from work, so I followed that little inkling and when I walked into the furniture section, my heart flipped then twirled a little bit. I have been looking for a sofa table for like ever, and when I mean forever I mean forrrrreeeevvvvveeeerrrr. Don't get me wrong, I've found plenty that I've liked, but I'm cheap folks. I won't spend over $30. So, when I found a cute sofa table at Target last month on sale, I was the happiest camper in the world. I open the box, and the dang thing is broken, not just broken. But SHATTERED. Luckily I was able to shovel the pieces back into the box and return it to find out that it was the last one. Ugh. So, since then I've been searching endlessly to find another one.

I had a great idea to buy a counter height table (cheap, used) and saw it in half using our table saw and use a portion of it in my front room and the other as a buffet in the dining room. This is what called me to go the the thrift store, to find a cute table to use for the project. Then my eyes caught this beauty:

It was meant to be (pidder padder). I was in love. And it was only $20. SOLD! So, I go and buy it to find out that I was just the luckiest girl in the world at that moment. There was another shopper there 2 minutes before me and bought the matching coffee table and "passed" on the sofa table. Ha, SCORE! I'm telling you, it was meant to be. So I got home and got to work with my handy dandy sandpaper, spray paint, and spray paint gun (Lifesaver. If you haven't used one, get one! Believe me, your hands will thank me some day.)

And here's what it looks like today (yes, one day turn around. I know I'm impatient. But I've been waiting for this day for like ever, remember?)

And yet again:

So, after I spray painted the table (I decided to skip the actual paint because I'm impatient. Remember FoReVeR I've been waiting), I figured it needed a little something extra. I changed out the knob and distressed it a little with my once again handy dandy sandpaper. I just roughed up the edges a little bit and then stained it with a furniture/wood pen thing. Its made to hide blemishes or scratches on your wood. I think it works perfect for staining the exposed wood under paint. I use it all the stinkin time.

This is how the front turned out. Remember Before:::

And then after!!! WOooHoo!

Don't worry. I'm still planning on doing the table times two project. I just have to find a cute table that has the lines and curves that I desire in one. When I do it, I'll be sure to post it! FYI, this project only cost me $28. $2 under my budget!

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