Thursday, April 29, 2010

Plant Stand Before and After...

I love to paint. I love to spray paint alot! My problem lately....choosing what color to use! I usually look at something and can imagine EXACTLY what color i will paint it. But there are so many wonderful color choices these days. I have a few projects coming up that i thought i had the color pinned down...but now i'm wishy-washy about it. I know it is paint...it isn't permanent. I can live with it one color for awhile and then redo it BUT have you seen prices on spray paint lately!!!??? RiDONKULOUS!!

So I picked up this lovely plant stand at a yard sale for just a $1.

It is so funny that i found it because right before i left home i was looking around my house making a mental note of things i would love to find for the house. And one of those things was a plant stand to go in front of a window. As soon as i pulled up to this yard sale i saw it....i walked straight up to it and saw that it was only a dollar. Grabbed it up along with a few other things that i just had to have. :) As soon as i got it i just knew i wanted to paint it black. Black is usually my color of choice for accent pieces. Sometimes distressed white. But i think today i want it black. So as soon as i got the babies down for a nap today i grabbed this.....
Rust-oleum Universal spray paint!! In Hammered Black! Gives it alittle texture.
And this is how it turned out. Now i just need a plant to put on it! :P

Oh how i wish you could see the "hammered" look. Love it.... For now anyway...ha! You may see this piece again someday painted white. Can't wait for it to go where i want it AND adorned with a pretty plant. Any suggestions for a easy indoor plant??

1 comment:

Have Scrappy Days said...

So great girl! I haev been a yardsale junkie lately. i always start out strong in teh spring tehn get tired of going when summer gets here! find you a nice leafy full fern or some indoor ivy.. something that might drape down over a beautiful flower pot?? only problem is you MUST keep those trimmed!!!! (my security word to type is 'punboliv" - i think thats funny! hahahah)

 

avandia