I know I’ve neglected the blog a lot lately, and that’s probably not going to change anytime soon, but I have found some time to paint a few things. I love taking all these old things and making them useful.
Really, the true appeal of spraypainting is that I can suddenly decide to do something, get set up in about 5 minutes, and be DONE within about two hours. That is my kind of project.
Here are a few recent thrift store makeovers (all the photos are dark because they’re from my terrible phone-camera, apologies):
Okay, this one was pretty bad, I’ll admit. I bought it (for 4 American dollars) because it had that really nice new knob on it, and I happen to know that particular drawer pull alone costs $5.99 at Hobby Lobby right now. If I didn’t like the nightstand once I got home, I could take that and chuck the rest, right? This bad boy weighs at LEAST 50 pounds.
I didn’t really know what I was getting into. Someone had clearly started to paint this and abandoned the idea, and I eventually came to the conclusion that it was seriously painted with nail polish or something equally NOT intended to paint wood. I had to break out a power sander to get it off, whatever it was! Anyway, it was for Baby Girl, so she got to choose the paint color. Oh, how I had to force myself not to stop her from picking this color. It’s certainly not my style, but she adores it. I think it turned out pretty cute in the end.
And one other nightstand that ended up finding a home with Andrew’s sister:
It looks like this now:
And last but not least…a changing table. This one’s not for me either, obviously.
It was a nice cherry finish before and was in great shape, but Erin’s new nursery is white and the Yankee was nice enough to toss it into her van so we could haul it over here. White paint is now my least favorite thing to match! I ended up with Rustoleum Heirloom White, favorite and adored spraypaint of the blogsphere, but I don’t find it perfect it in exactly the way they seem to. I do love it on this, though.
More to come!
You are so crafty. And I love my changing table!