Chicken Wire Frame

Good afternoon and happy Monday!!  I hope this finds you superb!  We had a low key weekend which was nice....:)  My father gave me this empty frame this past winter.  I cannot find the before picture of this frame.  I am not sure what is was really used for...  I decided to give it a coat of gray spray paint and then antiqued it a bit with black paint.  I then added a piece of chicken wire to the back of the frame and painted a few coats of chalkboard paint to the bottom of the frame.  Here she is now.....adorned with a few family pictures.

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An Old Box with a little Bling

Good morning!  It's Thursday and a very nice day here in Michigan.  I'm home from our camp and trying to get a few things organized and cleaned.  Found this old partitioned wood box at an estate sale and thought it looked kinda of old and interesting.  I didn't really want to paint the whole box because I liked the grayness of the wood but I still wanted a little color.  Here is a picture of the box but I had already painted a little kilz paint in the inside.

The box is definitely old and you can see the cracks and old nails in the wood.

I wanted to clean up the inside to keep things cleaner in the box, so I decided on a few fun colors to paint the inside with. 

I painted up the sides of the inside of the box and all the boxes.  I choose a lavender, aqua, a celery green and a pink. Kinda of girl's colors but I think it works.

 As you can see it is old, look at the big cracks on the bottom of the box.

How do you like this box, better or should I have left it alone?  Until next time, Dianne..........
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Out of the Ordinary

Good afternoon!! I hope you are all enjoying your last day of July. I still can't believe the summer is going by that fast. As we speak I have a sick baby hanging on my arm. Kids aren't supposed to get sick in the summer right? So our last few days of July have been spent at home chilling inside. Good thing it has been cloudy and rainy or else we would be really missing out. :)

I have an obsession for old items. Some items that are collectibles and some that are old and what some people may think of as "junk". I took a couple of old oil cans...I just love the shape of them, and I sprayed them white. I think they look cute hanging out with my other decorations on a shelf. I know guys like to collect them in there garages or man caves but why can't us gals use them also on our shelves. The white just makes them look a little cleaner and much prettier. I hope you all enjoy the rest of your day!!

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Red Utensils......

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope you had a great weekend....as they always go by so fast.  I wanted to share with you some fun utensils I updated last month.  I found both the fork and spoon at a local rummage sale.  I think they are just fun....and would add a whimsical touch to any kitchen.  The best part is you can spray them any color to match your decor:)

Here they are before I gave them a coat of spray paint....

And here they are with a new coat of shiny, red paint!  I chose to antique them a bit with black paint around the edges.

Now....don't you want some oversized utensils for your kitchen??  I think they would look cute in my kitchen....now do I want to sell them in my booth or save them for me??

Have a great week!
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How about some Orange?

Good evening everyone.  Here is Michigan and where I am it is raining and about 60 degrees.  It's a far cry from the hot and humid weather we had a week ago.  I see steam coming off the lake.  Well I have a little project that I did and I'm sorry but I forgot to take a picture of my little step ladder. It was really beat up and lots of paint splatters all over it.  I wanted to give it a burst of color and I decided to paint it a fun orange.  This is what it looks like:

I first painted the whole ladder with Kilz paint because I didn't want any stains to come thru and kilz paint helps that problem.  When it dried I painted it my fun orange.

 But when the orange paint dried I thought it still looked a little boring so I decided to paint the No.'s on each of the steps in a burnt umber acrylic paint.  I than painted all the edges to look distressed and all the bolts and screws on the side of the ladder. 

 I was pleased on how it came out and it looks so fun and cheery.

What do you think?  Until next time, Dianne............................
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