Okay... so, after ogling blogs like Vintage Revivals , Once Was Junk and All Things Thrifty I am obsessed with making my crappy 999 sq ft apartment look more like a home and less like a college kids dorm room. Even though we said we didn't want to be happy here because it was a temporary place until we get a house... It has been temporary for about five years because things keep getting in the way. Like getting laid off, whoo hoo! I do have a great job now though.
Crappy thoughts aside, I'm excited because I FINALLY found an Owl figurine and I'm going to paint him white. Yes, I AM easily amused, how did you guess?
First of all, Here are some pics of my excellent thrifty finds recently. Some great colored glass pieces and a sweet green, round box!
My awesome lighthouse that will end up being white and red! FINALLY found an Owl and some sort of, grouse maybe? anyway... she will become yellow. Also I found a cool (albeit, atrociously smelling) shadowbox for my bathroom beachyness. Yes that is a word, I just made it up.
A very cool double frame (which was missing a pane of glass, but so tiny I'm sure it'll be cheap to replace). And a very awesome silver-plate tray which I will be painting white when I get some more paint. Its fairly big so I don't want to start it and run out of white...
A very awesome beach painting, which I did nothing to, besides scrubbing the frame with a warm rag.
I hummed and hawed over this oldyfied (yes, another gem of mine) wall hanging of the declaration of independence for quite a while. However, I'm glad I got it though. It is super cool. It only needed a warm rag as well, to rub off the thrift store funk.
TO THE PAIN! (I mean paint...) In case you are wondering, I used BIN Primer white, and Krylon Semi-Gloss White, Gloss Banner Red, and Gloss Sun Yellow.
Here is my double frame, my lighthouse and my shadowbox primed!
Owly only needed a couple passes of primer and a coat or two or white semi-gloss. YAY!!!
Lighthouse getting close! (ok so I screwed up and didn't put the tape on tight enough, and sprayed too close... so... some red dripped into the white. You don't get to see pictures of that. I'm fixing it... but it's dark now so I'll finish later and you can see pics of the awesome version of the light house! I thought any idiot could spray paint, but I guess I was wrong...) Oh by the way, I took off the tea-light candle holder and it will be placed back on (not glued back on so it can be removed to extract melted wax if need be.) I boiled it carefully until I was able to pull it off. I kind of got lucky because I realized I was boiling the end of a welded shut metal tube, so I promptly stopped before something exploded. I'm glad it was still hot enough to pry off. Ha! Don't try this at home kids. I'm a professional. OK, not really, but seriously, don't do it. I only did because I was dumb! Now that the PSA is out of the way... The more you know, right?
sigh.. NEXT.
Birdy bird done! I love sun yellow. Ever since I saw the yellow Coo-Coo clock on Vintage Revivals' blog, I wanted something yellow.
Owly in his temporary home. I will probably rearrange. I hate my ugly mantle. Sorry for the horrid pics, I live in a cave.
New and improved (and MUCH less smelly) shadow box! I still used the old rusted hardware. I kind of like it. If i ever find something cooler I might replace them, who knows.
Shadow box in its home with some new friends!
I went ahead and hung my double frame, but I definitely want to get some glass for some beachy images.
Also, I'm thinking I want to paint the two decals, either:
Coral Isle
or Ocean Breeze
or both!!
That's all for now. I need to pay SOME attention to my husband and my dog. They are so neglected... not really.... Besides, they have each other right? Haha... yea. Until next time.
