FREE!!!!!
So... naturally... I couldn't just leave it alone. So I started looking at blogs... here were some pictures I used for inspiration:
After agonizing for farrrr too long about colors and design choices, (and forcing Dan and Lisa to give me all of their input), I finally went off and bought supplies. I hit up Home Depot and JoAnn. I knew I didn't want to sand, so first, I had to make sure I used a lot of primer.
This particular primer was AWESOME. I could really feel it sticking.
Again, after more agonizing over coloring at Home Depot (and forcing the ladies in the paint department for their input), I went with Emergency Zone (orange) for the interior, and Charter Blue for the exterior. Originally I was going to go for Navy, but I wanted it to be a little lighter and little grayer. This is what it ended up looking like the first night:
I wasn't crazy about the color. It was too purple. :( I was pretty bummed. But oh well, I would just redo a different blue the next day.
At least I made one pretty thing that day. I grabbed an old mason jar (which Johnny HAAATES to see in our cupboard because he thinks using mason jars as drinking glasses is garbage) and used some leftover acrylic paint I had to paint the outside. I took the rough part of a sponge and scraped off the paint where the lettering was. Gave it that shabby look pinteresters loves so much:
I bought 2 bunches of those little flowers at JoAnn's for about 89 cents each! Cheap cheap decorations.
Went back to Home Depot... on the way I made a detour and stopped by Ross (yeah, it happens) and bought an adorable vintage milk jug. I stopped back at JoAnn to buy a pretty flower to put in it. :) You'll see it later. Oh and I painted the INSIDE of that one. But... again, we'll get to that later. So I went with a new color. I can't remember what it's called. Probably Cobalt something. Whatever. Anyway, it's a lot more BLUE-BLUE, and not quite as dark as I was hoping... but I was definitely happier with it than the blue from the day before. It grew on me.
Voila, BLUE.
Then I taped up the little shelf to ready it for spray painting. I've always really liked the chevron design, so I figured I'd add a little zing to my nightstand by adding that. I also went with GOLD. The nightstand has one tiny little gold knob on it, so I just went with gold :)
Funny story, as I was taping this, I swear I thought I was going crazy. I had put the tape down next to me, and went to pick it back up and it was NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. I heard Johnny walking by my door so I opened my door and begged him to help me out. I knew it had to be close, but I could not, for the LIFE OF ME, find it. It had simply rolled across the floor to my dresser. I'm going to blame the paint fumes for that.
I LOVE HOW THIS LOOKS.
Anyway, I spray painted it and then waited for it to dry. While I did that, I debated on what color to paint the inside of my milk jar. This time, I enlisted the help of Hollie :) I sent her this photo (along with the previous photo of the blue mason jar so she'd know what was going to be it's partner):
It's pretty, but you can't really see the lettering. Blue on blue... so we went with a really creamy light yellow. It's like a sweet cream, if you will.
I LOVE HOW THIS LOOKS EVEN MORE! (It's so satisfying to peel off that tape!)
Once I did that, I just painted some lasting touches over the whole thing, and voila!
Of course I had to "dress" it up. So... here's the REAL finished product :)
And there you have it! LOOK WHAT I DID!
