Wednesday, July 9, 2014

What would you do. . . with spray paint?

Every second Wednesday Aubrey and I get together for a little craft/recipe/fashion challenge.  We pick a theme and then have a month to come up with a fun project using that theme.  This month we chose spray paint, which was funny because I used gold spray paint last month in my GOLD project!
I had a really cool idea, and I wont talk your ear off about it, but it was a pretty big fail yesterday.  Luckily, I spray painted a few other projects when I was working on the gold project last month so I had a back up plan.

My sister-in-law has been responsible for the last three "What would you do" posts.  She gave me some of the trinkets I used in my hexagon shelves (from What would you do with flowers) and she gave me the frames I painted gold.  This month I'm showing some art that she gave me and I spray painted.

I didn't take any before pictures (the only problem with a back up plan).  But the silver art used to be a hemp rope and I just sprayed it silver and hoped for the best!  I think it turned out great.  It's funny because when these pieces were in my SIL's house I used to think of ways I could DIY something similar.  I had no idea she had made them herself!  The hemp things are like placemats I'm guessing and then she just wrapped some canvases in felt and used the placemats like velcro, they just kind of stick.

And then there's the large mirror.  It was a light wood, but a little more yellow than I liked, especially up against the blue.  So I sprayed it white!

When I get all my new things, new dining room set and new light fixture, I'm going to have Aubrey come take pictures because the wall color is so much prettier in real life and I'm just not capturing it!!!
It's one thing to have a cluttery fridge, but I'm a little unsure about my decision to frame it here :) 
*QUESTION* I'm going to be getting a new dining room set soon (new to me anyway)  I'm going to do the chairs in white, but I'm unsure what color to do the table.  Would a white table be too much???  Maybe I just need to keep the natural wood color of the table I haven't found yet but hope to find a the thrift store or yard sale in the next month.  I guess no point worrying until I have more info, right?  (Even though my dining room set it cute, it's seriously SO un-kid-friendly.  Glass table top, fabric covered seats, a little jungle gym under there that the kids can't stay away from. . . so annoying)

Now link up any of your blog posts that feature a spray paint project!  We want to see!!  Next month we'll be doing zucchini!  Doesn't zucchini just scream August?  I'm SO feeling it. 

8 comments:

  1. Love the art! I am planning on spray painting a mirror that I bought at Target, the frame is silver and I want it to be white. I would do white chairs and a white table, then get a colorful table runner and centerpiece. Also, you can always paint the table later if you really want to... I like to stick to neutral furniture tho and I just change my decor around!

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    1. I love the idea of adding a colorful centerpiece!! (if only for pictures because my kids will probably destroy it!)

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  2. My linked post was pretty old--I guess it's been a while since I've spray-painted! FYI, I "tagged" you (not with spray-paint!): http://www.thankfulme.net/2014/07/tuesday-time-to-tackle-game-of-tag.html

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  3. i love your projects, but i want to know what you tried to do. i think you should paint the table a color because i love color. maybe a shade darker than the walls??? i'll have more input when you find the table:)

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    1. I tried to make wax paper sun catchers for Olivia's window using gold spray paint, but when the spray painted wax paper is up to the sun, it just looks dirty. I'm hoping to find a natural wood round table and just keep it natural for at least a while I while I live with it.

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  4. How will you paint the chairs you're getting?

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    1. I did some research and there is vinyl spray paint that holds up pretty good. I can always touch them up once a year or something :)

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