DIY: Lacquered Turquoise Lamps & Boxes

First off, I can't wait to share my craigslist story with you this week! But let me get on to an old project I finally finished. I bought a pair of lamps back in November..yes almost 4 months ago..tisk tisk. I kept looking @ them through the Habitat For Humanity Restore window. $1o each seemed like a-lot to me. But after a week, I went ahead and snatched them up.

What can I say, I can't control myself when it comes to outdated lamps.

After a couple of months in the basement, where all of the other "stuff" I buy goes, they got brought back up to the real world. I taped/covered the places that needed some protection and gave the lamps a good soapy wipe down.

The first lamp I didn't prime. This is the 2nd. Let me say, priming is a must if you are painting glass!! The primed surface held the final spray way better than just clean slick glass alone. Oh & I did rub them down a little w/ sandpaper.

Next. After 2 oats of primer spray paint comes 2 coats of this fabulous Krylon Blue Ocean Breeze spray paint. Then on to a few wipe downs of glossy poly wipe-on. I kept wiping them down each day after I woke up.

Now you have to know I wasn't going to leave those Abe Lincoln styled shades on! I bought a couple of shades from Ross for $2.99 each! They have a beautiful selection of shades for uber cheap. I almost went w/ some shades that had a chrome lining. And I bought shorter harps from lowes for about $3 ea.

Check out that shine! Looks good enough to lick! Well not really...

These lamps will go in my room. I also started (not finished) a set of stacking boxes I bought off of ebay for my mom. After seeing Jenny's boxes I knew I wanted to paint these (as well as reclaim them from my mom..thanks mom!).

After a good sanding, bring out the craft paint! Turquoise & Black please.

Painting those freakin flowers on the top was a nightmare. Note to self: use a foam brush..ALWAYS!

After taping off and painting the black trim (took forever) I wiped them down with my fave poly and added some new hinges. I love that the gold on the boxes tie into the gold bottom of the lamps. I usually do silver w/ turquoise, but I'm lovin the gold w/ it.

I'm thinking about some black ribbon to the lampshades. Not sure yet. I will let you in on how it looks if I do. Are you loving gold & turquoise or would you have went with silver? All of these items will be going into my room of course.

p.s. I still have one more box to finish..Dang puppy chewed up my painters tape :o(

Linking to:

Frugalicious Friday ,My Romantic Home, Domestically Speaking's Paint Party, The Shabby Chic Cottage, Beyond The Picket Fence, Life As Lori, Tales From Bloggeritaville, Somewhat Simple!

pssttt: Great Giveaway @ High-Heel Foot in the Door!!

Horchow Mirrored Chests on Craigslist!!

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mirrored bedside table black granite top - $300 (East Memphis)

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I needed a little more as far as visual interests. Here are the photos that were emailed to me:

READY FOR THE PRICE!! $300!! Yes $300 for both! I'm off to go pick them up :o)

DIY Plate Hangers & A Quick Fix

Love a good plate wall? Me too!

What I don't love is the cost of the plate hangers. After thrifting for plates I can't bring myself to buy a mess load of plate hangers ($1.29-$1.99 ea.) to hang them. Not budget friendly at all.

Want to know how to make your own? Me too! Dang do great minds think alike or what? Click the pic for easy instructions on how to make your own from wire hangers! WIRE HANGERS..WIRE HANGERS...lol. Now we can put them to use. Don't like that idea? Try Martha's. I think the wire hangers would work better for heavier plates.

Can anyone tell me where to find these plates or ones that are similar?! I love the shape and light color. They just look so purdy :o)

Here are my plates so far. They're neither here nor there in the looks department. Some I love, some I loathe. I do have some DIY ideas that I want to try before putting my plates up. Oh and my silver goodwill platter is getting some chalkboard paint. Idea via Sanctuary Arts@ Home. Doesn't that white plate need a HUGE initial in the middle?

I'm going to be out and about this weekend (in Memphis) looking for fabric for those craigslist chairs. I'm thinking about trying to whip this slipcover up myself for a temporary fix. This one was in a Country Living feature.

If you see any good plates online you think I might like shoot me the link! Or heck even if you know where I can buy this slipcover let me know :o)

P.S. Spellcheck suggested "Thrusting" instead of "Thrifting"! Dear Blogger it's not that type of party!

Craigslist, 4 Hour Drive, 2 Days Later

Remember my craigslist love at first site? If you don't just click that highlighted link :o) Well it was just that love at first site...and reality in the next blink. Can you see that these are definitely NOT the turquoise I thought they would be? Of course you can! Well hot dang it so can I!

Dang craigslist. On the upside I had planned on reupholstering these chairs anyways. I did have my fingers crossed that they would be that fabulous color, but they weren't. Hey regardless they are extremely sturdy (as well as dirty), and the cushion is firm as can be (prob. b/c the fabric is really made of plastic and is hard as heck). So eventually I will strip these bad boys and recover them. Want to know how much? $150...I know plz don't badger me to much, I already broke my no chair over $20 rule & have yet to come to terms w/ that. Now do you think it's really as bad as I do? OR are you as excited as me to see how fab they can truly be?! Hopefully the latter :o)

Glitzy, Glitter & Glam Candles

Right now I have a couple of these candles. They are nice and give off a nice glow but....

...they aren't these.

I would love to have some bloomin quartz candle holders. I can just see them lined down my coffee & dining room table, in my bedroom, or placed sparingly around the house. They have that glamorous look that I love! I would even love this one that looks like it was chipped off of a diamond wall somewhere deep in a cave.

I don't have any purple in my home but I would still place this beauty in it. It would be somewhere with tons of light so it can show off it's pretty sparkle.

I know a few places to get these candle holders, though not easy on my budget. Do you know any local stores that sell them? I would love to be able to go in a bring them right home with me.

Bedroom Inspiration Part 1

For a while, a few years to be exact, I couldn't get a grasp on what direction I wanted to take my room. Thank you so much for posting these pics @ The Lennoxx (my one stop shop for inspiration). I almost cried a tear of joy :o) A room done by Jennifer Flanders. How beautiful is this room?
These curtains would be so easy to duplicate! And the soft gray color on the wall makes my heart pitter patter.

The headboard is fab! Some drywall, fabric, nail head trim and I think this could be a go. I really, really love the bedding too. And that chair in the corner looks so comfy.

The gold accents on this desk stand out ever so slightly. And the chair at the desk....swoon!

Beautiful gray chaise trimmed in turquoise looks absolutely fabulous against the gray wall and striped curtains.

Bar cart! Oh the bar cart! Wouldn't you love a drink while laying on that fab chaise and reading a book?!

This is my kind of room. I love all sorts of styles, but this room speaks to me. What do you think? Does this room look liveable or cold?

One Night Only..

we only have 'til dawn! HA! Weeeelllll one day really. I spent my whole Sunday painting, sanding, & priming furniture & everything else under the sun. It was in the 60's and I couldn't pass up warm day of straight painting. Thank goodness I didn't, it started raining Monday. Anyone else have good weather?



Here is a dresser I finished. It just needs a slab of beveled mirror & some huge shiny gold ring knobs to finish it off. I used spray primer instead of can primer & it worked like a dream.

I had some problems though. I was using Rustoleum Professional white spray paint & it was a total disappointment!!! Actually to say it nicely a pisser offer. After sanding and priming this is what happened.

It kept spraying out as an opaque yellow runny hot mess or in chunks. After trying 4 cans, yes 4 count 'em cans, of this mess I returned them for some Valspar. I'm starting to like Valspar more + more by the day. Did you take advantage of the warm weather this weekend? I sure did!! And I have a hurting back to prove it :o)

p.s. Bazaar of Serendipity is having a FAB giveaway!