Ornament Makeover-A 10 minute project

I came across these cute cone shaped tree ornaments at a thrift store last year and even thoough they didn't match my decor I knew they would be a fun, easy project.

BEFORE

And AFTER I wrapped them in sheet music. I secured the paper with hot glue.

I added some burlap strips & rosettes.

This was a super cheap, easy, 10 minute project!!

Many more Christmas projects to come in the next few days :)

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Not Your Ordinary Shutter

I have had a love for shutters for a long time now, new ones, old ones, used to compliment windows, etc. But, my absolute favorite shutters are those used to decorate with, painted, fancied up & used in unordinary ways :)

Here is my before... ORDINARY shutter



And here is the AFTER

Painted with leftover red paint I had in my basement.

I didn't prime & only did one coat so it has that dark wood bleeding through.

This is what I will be using my shutter for. Christmas cards & old Christmas photos of my kiddos!!

This is not your ORDINARY shutter anymore :)

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My Beautiful Mirror

On a visit to my Grandma & Grandpa's house one weekend my grandpa told me he had a mirror in the basement that I could have if I had any interest in it. I said "Sure, I will take a look at it!!" After all, I rarely pass up something free ;) Here is what I saw:

Be still my heart!! I could just imagine how gorgeous this thing could be!!!!

Here it is after my white spray paint had it's way with it......

I simply love it!!

What's even better is that I actually remember this mirror hanging on the wall in my Grandma's house for years when I was a kid.

I hung it in my bedroom & it makes me happy every morning when I wake up & see it :)

**Be sure to check back in the next couple days I will be blogging my Christmas Projects I have been working on!!

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Trash to Treasure Transformation

I have a secret obsession with the Free Barn at our dump. It is a building where people can leave things that are not neccessarily trash. It is open to the public to come take whatever they wish for FREE :) I have found so many treasures there!! I picked up this little rack there on Monday & couldn't wait to paint it.

Isn't it sad!!??

I chose to paint it pink :)

I spray painted it chocolate brown 1st so that when I dry brushed it, brown would show through & not the brassy color it was.

It's lovely....

I have it on my bathroom counter for now & threw some wash cloths on it for the photo, but I am just not sure what I will put on it. I kinda like to sit something up & live with it for a while until the perfect solution comes to me outta no where ;)

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A Little Bit of Turquoise ;)

I have seen this beautiful turquoise color of spray paint for a while now & I just couldn't figure out what I could paint with it. I eventually found an ugly old cabinet door at a thrift store for $1.00.

Smitten with this color.....

I sanded it a bit.

For now it's hanging in my laundry room above the coat hooks.

I think I need to add some hooks or vinyl or something to it, but not sure what to do yet. So, for now it will just hang & look pretty.

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Thanksgiving Decor

I have had my "fall" decor out since the end of September. I added the Halloween decor around the 1st of October & went back to just the "fall" stuff around the 1st of November. I was kind of getting tired of the "fall" decor so I spiced it up a bit with some thrift store pumpkins.

Here they are, in all their glory, taped off READY TO PAINT!! There was NO WAY these ugly boogers were sitting on my mantle ;)

{I LOVE SPRAY PAINT}

Just enough change to make me smile again :)

I used Antique White paint. It looks nice on the black furniture.

This change has me satisfied for now, BUT I am still aching to drag out my Christmas tree.....

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Headboard BEFORE & AFTER

I had been searching EVERYWHERE for a full size bed frame for my daughter...thrift stores, facebook, garage sales, craigslist & even the free barn!!!!! Well, I finally came across one on a Facebook sight that was less than appealing, but I could see the potential in this beauty :)

This is not the true before photo (because as always, I painted before taking photos!!) BUT, it was exactly like this.

I primed with an oil based spray primer from Sherwin Williams and added 2 coats of Satin White walmart paint.



BONUS: It came with a footboard :)

We left the little door off. We thought it looked better without it.

My daughter & I are both happy with the way it turned out. And, for only $40, I think it was a fabulous deal!!

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