Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Hmmm... what to call this post? The hit that was first a miss...

The other weekend I started out on a project with very good intentions. I'll walk you through the steps of my project flop.

First, I found this mirror at a second hand shop -

I had intentions of painting the frame and doing something with it. I thought about stencilling the base of the frame with my house numbers... yep, this seemed like a good idea!

So here I go... spray painted the frame apple green

Then I spray painted the middle/base white with intentions of stencilling my house numbers with black acrylic paint


Good intentions, but a sloppy stencil job! I didn't really like the stencils I used - they were hard to work with - or is that my excuse for the bad job I did? It's up to you to decide! lol


The finished project... it's ok, but it was boring. The numbers were too small and I didn't do a very good job with the stencilling so I left it alone for a while. I needed some time to think about what I would do with it...

So this weekend I decided that I would paint the base/middle part with chalkboard paint - ah ha! Great idea!




So do you like this re-vamped project better than the original? I do!!! Thanks for stopping by!

7 comments:

  1. I do like it:) That color green is such a happy color. The chalk board idea looks perfect with it:)
    ~Debra xxx
    Capers of the vintage vixens

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  2. That frame is beautiful and I love the bright green color! Isn't it frustrating when something doesn't turn out how you envisioned it...but it looks like you ended up with an AMAZING chalkboard!

    Kristen
    www.decoratingdiy.blogspot.com

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  3. I love the frame, and the green looks great!

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  4. Hi! Visiting from DIY Showoff. Love this idea and the color you chose is great. I'm totally going to have to try this sometime!

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  5. Hi Katie~

    I love the green apple paint color, so fresh & fun!! Happy to be a new follower of your cute blog & I invite you to link to my K.I.S.S. Blog Bash. :)

    ~Christina~

    Drop By The Tattered Tag

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  6. what a terrific frame you found! I am always on the hunt for these types of things and I can't get enough of chalkboard paint! Great project! Thanks for linking up to WWWW!

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