Here's project #1 from my weekend. I finally painted the letters above the cork board (which was only $11 at Wal-Mart) in our kitchen. I got them from Hobby Lobby for $5 each.
This is what they looked like before. Gold and crooked. They've been hanging like that for about five months. I always knew that I wanted to paint them, I just didn't know what color. (I also still had our Christmas cards hanging up!)
Thank goodness for Better Homes & Gardens.
I found this page in an old issue. Those paint colors go perfectly with my new throw pillows. I decided that I wanted to try and add a little more green to my new living room color scheme. The color on the page is Sherwin Williams Antiquity. It came out a little too light and I ended up having to get the color two shades darker on the swatch, Grandiose. Paint was 40% off at Sherwin Williams this weekend so the sample I ended up getting was only $3.
I also used the paint on a set of "a" and "z" bookends that I got on clearance from Target.
I'm still not sure if I'm going to keep them in our living room. They were originally black and now they look a little childish in green. I may end up re-painting them and moving them to my son's room.
I wanted to post pictures of the new "art" in my gallery wall in my kitchen, but I was getting some bad reflections off the frames from the sunlight coming through our windows. I'll get some pictures taken tonight and get 'em posted tomorrow. Here's a little sneak peak!
This is what they looked like before. Gold and crooked. They've been hanging like that for about five months. I always knew that I wanted to paint them, I just didn't know what color. (I also still had our Christmas cards hanging up!)
Thank goodness for Better Homes & Gardens.
I found this page in an old issue. Those paint colors go perfectly with my new throw pillows. I decided that I wanted to try and add a little more green to my new living room color scheme. The color on the page is Sherwin Williams Antiquity. It came out a little too light and I ended up having to get the color two shades darker on the swatch, Grandiose. Paint was 40% off at Sherwin Williams this weekend so the sample I ended up getting was only $3.
I'm still not sure if I'm going to keep them in our living room. They were originally black and now they look a little childish in green. I may end up re-painting them and moving them to my son's room.
I wanted to post pictures of the new "art" in my gallery wall in my kitchen, but I was getting some bad reflections off the frames from the sunlight coming through our windows. I'll get some pictures taken tonight and get 'em posted tomorrow. Here's a little sneak peak!
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