Loft Spruce Ups
| June 1, 2011 | Posted by Jessie under Artsy Stuff, Before and After, Crafty Things, Paint |
The loft is accessorized! I painted the backs of the built-ins last week and got around to shopping today. First day of summer vacation was a successful one. I went to my favorite flea market to find some fun knick knacks for our built-ins upstairs. I gave myself a $20 budget and was looking for items to fill all 10 shelves. Small limit for a large area but I got enough to fill it and stuck to my budget. I found all sorts of fun things to spice the area up. Let me remind you of the before:
And here it is all painted, primped, and pretty:
Ignore the fact that there are still 2 tvs there…one is getting moved tomorrow!
Each individual piece was less than $5, most being only a dollar or two. It’s amazing what you can find when you don’t know exactly what you are looking for. Sticking with my green, navy, and white color scheme, I opted for Rustoleum’s Apple Green and Heirloom White to paint most of my pieces. I left the lamp {bottom right} yellow, for a little unexpected punch of color and added some artwork {top right} from one of my favorite people in the world, Leanne Goodger, who sent this to me all the way from New Zealand.
Here’s how I made it so pretty. I started by gathering all the pieces that I wanted to spray paint {which was all but 2} and got my painting area ready. It was a gorgeous but crazy hot day here {over 90!} so I was able to paint on our back patio.
I wiped each piece out with a damp cloth and separated the pieces by which color I wanted to paint them and sprayed away.
It’s amazing what paint can do. This not so pretty green vase came to life when I painted the white on it. The bubbly surface went from odd and old to soft and pretty {this picture was taken mid paint}.
Besides filling the built-ins, I also scored an amazing old window at the flea market. It wasn’t part of the list of things to buy, but how could I pass this up?
And it was only $5! It’s so chippy and cool.
I had thought about filling the glass areas with some scrapbook paper, artwork, or fabric but I like it so much as is, I think I may just leave it. I would love to get a desk or buffet to go underneath it against the wall, but next up for the loft is to recover the bench seats. It’s on my to-do list for tomorrow. This room is coming together.
I’ve linked this up with:
The CSI Project
Jessie,
I love all of your projects.
Working with your spouse on things can be hard, but remember to keep saying to yourself “it is a project, it will be done soon” Handsome Man and I work in the same room, but separate projects because we can never agree or he gets too frustrated.
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I love your blog!
Cherie
Thank you, Cherie!!!
Once again girl…..I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m so jealous of your window frame! I was just shopping for the same thing today. There is an antique store nearby me that has a BARNFUL of frames - a barnful! So, I figured he’d sell them for pretty cheap since he has so many. no
$20-$30 each. Boo. So, I went to DI (Like Goodwill) and picked up three old wood frames (not as cool as window frames) for $1, $3, and $4. Not bad. Got enough chicken wire to go on them for $10.
Your loft looks amazing! I love the horizontal stripes.
Sounds like you have a fun project in the works, Nisha!
I love the boldness of the stripes! I think it looks so classy. The room really seems to look a lot bigger.
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