I’m ready for spring. Not because I hate winter, I don’t. I’m not one of those people who complains about the weather every day unless it’s bright and hot and sunny, and justthewaytheylikeit. I actually like cool, partly cloudy days. Super sunny days just make me squint so much I get that annoying bit of a headache right between the eyes that just gets more annoying when people are fawning all over how BEE-U-TEE-FULL the hot, blinding sun is.
Anywho, back to whatever point I was getting at.
Right, spring. I’m looking forward to spring because the weather will be warming up enough to get outside and spray paint again. I just got into this whole craze last year and got a few things painted. Seeing other bloggers find cool stuff at Goodwill and other thrift stores gets me itching to find some more treasures, too.
For example: Thrifty Decor Chick found this pitcher at Goodwill and made it so much better simply with paint.
Before:
After:
It looks 30 years newer!
And another example from Sherry’s growing menagerie at Young House Love:
Before:
A year ago, I would have surely walked right past this thing in a thrift store. But Sherry made this dude totally strut like the bird he was always meant to be.
After:
So, since I can’t spray paint yet, I have a little project I’ve been working on with slow-as-molasses-brush-or-roll-on paint. Hopefully I’ll have time to finish it in a day or two. And hopefully it won’t be lame. Have a project like these, or not like these, and want to share? Leave a comment and/or a link!
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Lexie
/ January 31, 2012I love Goodwill. It is an amazing place.
I went through a phase this summer when I would buy broken/ugly statues from the clearance aisle in Hobby Lobby and papier-mache them with patterned tissue paper (also from Hobby Lobby). Someone even asked for one as a gift once. They looked weird, but groovy.
Lisa @ TexturedRoad
/ February 1, 2012Wow, I would have never thought of something like that. Cool!