something old into something {tiffany} blue

A few months ago some friends called my husband to see if he could come help load and haul away their china cabinet. They had decided they didn't want it anymore and were going to send it to goodwill. So off he went to help. I remember thinking after he left, "hmm I can't remember what it looks like? I wonder if it's something we could use?" Literally in the next few minutes I got a text from my hubby, "are you interested in this?" (I had been saying on this blank wall across from the dining table, I either wanted to find a china cabinet or have a built-in that kind of looked like one.) So he sent me two pictures of it and I told him, just bring it home, we could paint it and if we still don't like it, we can just continue it on to its destination.

He got it home and we decided we could paint it....yes, tiffany blue. I took my recipe box lid with me to lowes to match the paint. We lightly sanded it (nothing too serious), dusted it off and then just started painting it. Now I don't know for sure, but I think because we didn't heavily sand it, the paint didn't go on very "solid" at all. We took a step back and it looked like it was done on purpose, kind of distressed. So we ran with it...we painted the whole thing, one coat, let it dry and that was it. We loved the finished product. I do still wrestle with do I want to switch the knobs, change out the bottom cabinet doors & line the inside with fabric/paper, but for the most part I am very pleased with it!

You never know what something can look like unless you just go for it! What's the worst that can happen? a) You either have to redo it and keep trying until you get it to look how you want or b) you send it on to someone else who will like it and/or do something else with it. You have nothing to lose!
So always oblige to help move something away, look on craigslist, or stop by that garage sale, you never know what you can end up with and re-create! You just might be able to turn something old into something {tiffany} blue! (or white, black, pink, green...whatever color your little heart desires!)


Until next blog...

DIY or BUY?

Recent Kitchen DIY...

Sometimes I just can't seem to find the perfect things for my home decor...I search and search finding some things that might work, but never truly finding the perfect thing that I am looking for or that seems to fit. I'm not picky where I look either...it can be anywhere from pottery barn, target, hobby lobby...tj maxx, anywhere. I'm just in the search for certain things that I just can't seem to find. Then I was fabric shopping, of all things, and had a light bulb moment...I'll just DIY! All else fails, stop searching for what you are looking for and make it! Just go for it! Not only will it be exactly what you were looking for, but you will have a sense of pride because you made it and you can't buy that anywhere :D

These are hanging in my kitchen! Above the sink, on the end of our cabinets. I bought 2 (5x7) picture frames (50% off @ Joann's) Acrylic Paint (@ Michael's for .99) and made the two pictures in Word. In the top one (Keep Calm & Carry On) I embellished it after the fact with a cute crown sticker I found in my scrapbook stuff!

DIY, Cute, Personal & Inspirational when I'm in the kitchen! Now go make what you are looking for, it may just be hiding inside you, not on a shelf at the store.

Until next blog!