Spent the day spray painting... things. Random things that have been on my "list" for a while. I didn't have anything planned today so I went to Westlakes and picked up a lot of spray paint.
Item #1 -- painted the green night stands in our room black. Here is a before picture but my apologies that I didn't realize you couldn't actually see that they were forest green before...
I wiped them down, turned 'em over, and taped newspaper over the places that didn't need paint. I thought I got it right after one coat but the terrible lighting in the garage only made me find more missed spots every time I thought I was done. Luckily, the heat let the coats dry super fast. Here's are few finished pictures.
Item #2 -- my favorite!
I've had this chair for 3 years. I picked it up at Goodwill for $15 and it's been sitting on my dad's deck for the last 2 +.
It was a little wobbly and rough from weather. Mike taught me how to take fine grit sandpaper to it to make it smooth and ready for a paint. Luckily, he helped me sand it otherwise I would have been out there for probably 45 minutes or more. Together it took us about 20 minutes and then we primed it. Turns out I need more primer and had to make another trip to the store. The gentlemen who checked me out both times remembered me. :) Then I put on two coats of yellow paint and two coats of clear lacquer. This is the final product...
Item #3 -- picture frames of one of my favorite poems.
I've had these frames for a while. I touched up the paint that I'd already had on them and I printed off the poem to go inside. The poem is Maya Angelou's "A Women Should Have"
I used double sided tape that I already had to hang them on my side of the closet door.
There you have it. My Saturday spent inhaling spray paint and pondering how to get yellow spray paint off of concrete...
I like all my creations and still have more on my "list" to do in the future but I'm always looking for more ideas. Especially if they are recycling and virtually cost free.
More to come.
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