It's that time again! Yup! Make It New Monday. I don't have many months left of projects already done so this series may end at any moment. So if this is something you've thought about joining in with, you'd better do it quick! Just about any project will do as long as it starts out like "this" and ends up like "that". Refashion a t-shirt into a headband? Link up! Re-work a recipe to better meet your family's dietary needs? Link up! Turn a closet into a reading nook (or vice versa)? Link up! Make wall art out of drinking straws? Link up!This month's project started out as someone elses' Make It New project that I picked up at a thrift store. They had taken a mirror and turned it into a planter for an artificial flower arrangement. The pictures don't do their "after" justice, and it wasn't hideous. It just wasn't what I wanted!
I disassembled the whole thing...
Maggie, my 15 year old Chihuahua, supervised...
I tried several methods to clean the paint off of the metalwork...
(brute force won out)
A couple coats of white spray paint (using push pins to keep the frame from sticking to the cardboard while it dried) and some judicious sanding...
Check out the paint booth Hubby made for me...
Put the parts I liked back together and voila!
Okay, now it is your turn to show us what you've been up to...
Joanne, I LOVE this make-it-new!! You (and Maggie...and your brute force ;)) did a great job...it's lovely!
ReplyDeleteI have a project that I want to link up. We just finished it yesterday, in fact. But my painting supervisor is waiting on his crew (that would be me), so I hope to pop up here sometime this week.
Oh, I also love your paint booth. It looks so "Stewart" to me. He is such a thoughtful hubby!
Thank you, Cheryl. The mirror is now hanging in our guest bedroom. I just couldn't get a very good picture of it in there. Poor lighting.
DeleteThe good thing about having a Chihuahua as supervisor... I can lock her in her crate if she gets too demanding. Yours... well, he might not be so easily managed!
And you are so right. That paint booth screams "STEWART MADE ME!" haha I love that man!
I love your new mirror. It's such a beautiful shape and looks so much better with a fresh coat of white paint.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Allyson. I like it this way so much better!
DeleteI'd love to add a project, but I don't think adding sand to the kids sandbox would quite count as a make it new :)
ReplyDeleteProbably not, but when you decide to turn that sandbox into a table or a lampshade... :)
Delete:) I'll be sure to keep that in mind :)
DeleteOh that looks fantastic! See. That took time and effort not to mention thought. Way out of my league! Hope that you keep going...must be time for yard sales and flea markets!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Vee! I'm not going to any more flea markets or yard sales til I do something with all the other junk I have laying around... yeah, right! :-)
DeleteOH! MY! this is a great transformation, you did a fantastic job! Ithanks for sharing.
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Thanks, Sue!
DeleteFinally...
ReplyDelete(It's been a crazy week.) :)
Crazy weeks are going around :D Thanks for linking up!
DeleteWhat a lovely piece you created. It looks very abbey-like. I don't have a blog, but my husband and I love to repurpose things around here. So far this spring we have made stepping stones from bricks we have had forever, and used up boards from a fence that was knocked down by a tree, for above ground garden boxes. Hope you have a great weekend. ♥
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by! Repurposing is my favorite way of crafting. Sounds like you've got some great projects going on around your place.
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