I am still in the midst of my "big boys" bedroom makeover. Although it is no where close to ready for the big reveal, I thought I would give you a little glimpse of a project I completed this week.
I've had this canvas forever... I bought it for our first house and painted it to mimic a dish I had bought at a little shop in downtown Savannah, where we were living at the time. I got sick of it, I think I had given the plate away, and I had a very haphazard, unplanned attack on this canvas with a blue paintbrush about a year ago and it was an epic fail... so it sat around just begging for a facelift and to go back on the wall somewhere.
I started taping off the stripes and quickly remembered rule #1 of painting. Prime. oops.
Then, I used a T square that just so happened to be the same length as my canvas to make sure my lines were straight. I started out trying to eyeball it, and that didn't work. I am way too lazy to measure anything, so thank goodness I had the T square on hand. I taped off one color at a time then painted each line.
I used what I had on hand:
Americana Spa Blue & Burnt Umber
Ceramcoat OJ
Craft Smart Lime Green
The white was latex I had on hand.
And voila! Finished product:
The dresser was found at a second hand furniture store in New Brighton, PA called Capo's a few years back. We were visiting my family for Christmas and I saw these in the window and had to have them. I almost left the dogs behind because it was a tight squeeze. I carted these 12 hours back to Savannah from PA. They are that awesome.
The lamp was a recent yard sale find, and just the right color. Can't beat $7!
17 comments:
Wow! this looks amazing! Thanks so much for linking up!
Great idea. My daughter loves anything with stripes, so I'm sending this to her. Thanks for sharing!
I love this and I would love to feature your project on Remodelaholic! Let me know if you are interested!
Love this - so bright and cheery, plus it cost ya practically nothing and looks like it is from Crate and Barrel. I am going to add it to my DIY Daily page on my blog.
My best- Diane
LOVE those stripes...I'm working on our big boy room, too!
This is so cute! Great tip about just using the t-square. I also am usually too lazy to measure when trying to make things even like this. :)
I love the stripes! And the dresser...and the lamp!
Really great piece...it's perfect for over that dresser. It's very cool that you made it yourself too!
Great job that you have done on this piece and soooo thrifty. Come by and join me at my weekly NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAY PARTY…hope to see ya there!
Blessings,
Linda
What a great way to add color to a dull room. I really could use one of those!
This is such a great idea! I love the colors! Feel free to show off your work at my link party http://stirizsisters.blogspot.com/search/label/Link%20Party
That is such a bright and cheery spot! Love the colors!
You are so awesome that I just had to feature you this week at my Hookin Up with HoH par-tay!
Feel free to stop by and grab a button! You deserve it. :D
xoxo
Allison @ House of Hepworths
NICE!! Love that little dresser below too! :) Thanks for sharing this on Fancy This Fridays!!!
I like the drawers you used..nice industrial look. We are from PA too..how neat!
LOVE this - it turned out AWESOME!
I saw you at remodelholic and I love you new canvas...I had an old canvas and re-painted it recently. Check it out:
http://www.fortheloveofpainting.com/2011/08/an-old-canvas-painted-new/
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