So last week, I had a fantastic night out with two of my favorite ladies.
Not only was it refreshing to spend time with them,
bought I got to browse and shop
WITHOUT
the kids 🙂 I love spending time with
my kids, but I think anyone can agree how important it
is to have a break.
So
since neither of them had been we headed to
hobby lobby, probably one of
my all time favorite stores.
They have so many cool things there, and such a
wide variety, it’s a one stop shop in
my mind.
AND they always have these great 50% off sales,
who can beat that.
So while we were there, I scored this very gold
serving platter, but before I even
put it in my cart I knew what I was doing with it.
Here it is in it’s lovely SHINY gold state.
I started first by spray painting the edges with two different
colors. First silver:
Then I sprayed lightly over the silver with a speckled brown,
but just enough so the silver would still
peek through, giving it a more aged look.
(note: the great thing about spray paint, is you keep spraying until
you like how it looks, and if you mess up, you can literally start
over, with a fresh spray of paint.)
Then I grabbed my chalkboard paint, and painted the inside
of the tray with a small paintbrush.
And this is what I got:
I love the scalloped edges, and that the spray paint almost gives it
an antique sort-of finish = perfect.
It sits on top of our mantle (which is in disarray from taking down christmas decorations,
and looking quite bare, because I don’t have exactly what I want for up there
just yet, but this fills the space nicely), so glad it has
a nice home up there 🙂
~Have you found anything recently that you have been able to transform?
~Or maybe something you have had in your mind for awhile that you would like to try?
~Leave a comment, I’d love to hear what you’ve been up too 🙂
~BDD
I realize you posted this almost a year ago…but I am wondering if you remember the exact colors/brand of spray paint you used to achieve this color? I’ve looked for speckled brown, but cannot find it. It is exactly the color I want for a pair of lamps! So beautiful!
Great job!! I bought a tray at a yard sale last summer and I have been wondering what to do with it…..You gave me the perfect idea!! Thanks!
PS I love your decorating style!
Nikki
@ http://shrinikingmissweigh.blogspot.com/
Love your home, so pretty, just my style. I just added some vinyl numbers to my mailbox and I’m in the process of re-orgsnizing my basement/craft/I have too much stuff for my house area. I just started my blog 2 weeks ago at http://www.yankeedoodledesigns.com, I hope you will stop by and check it out. I will be posting some of my house makeover projects in the upcoming weeks…
Nice Idea! I love chalkboard paint! I would love to paint a section of my girls room with it so they have their very own art wall. White board paint is cool as well 🙂