The Power of Paint

Here's a short and sweet post for this snowy Thursday

Craft Project No.2 is complete! The green shelved cabinet from The Gathering Place has been painted an almond/pistachio color. I used Rustoleum high gloss furniture paint from Home Depot, a synthetic angled brush and lots of patience. I was too lazy to prime it (I will be doing that next time because grass green does not like to be painted over) so it took about 2.75 coats of paint. The result is fabulous. I have before and after pictures below.

This piece of furniture is my new bar. It has good shelf space for my large wine goblets and is tall enough to house bottles of alcohol.

Until next time!

Craftacular

I've moved in! Everything is in its place, sort of, and I'm exhausted. I promised to make this post about crafting, so here we go!

One of my many projects for the new place was decorative outlet covers. I bought supersized light switch plates and outlet covers at Walmart for very cheap ($.35 - $.55). I used my trusty paint pens (from JoAnn Fabrics) to create some pretty neat designs. I actually painted every cover plate for the entire apartment (I needed a procrastination tool for packing). The ones I'll feature on this post are in the living room.

Some tidbits I found out along the way:

1. when decorating a cover plate choose white as your base. i was forced to get beige for some of them and unless you're doing a very dark color on top it doesn't work so well. white on beige is difficult to get full coverage.

2. if you have paint penned the entire surface, Sharpie or Bic permanent markers work very well over the paint pen ink, they also do okay on the naked surface of the cover plate

3. even though paint pens claim not to bleed or leak, sometimes they do. keep a wet paper towel on hand to correct any mistakes due to leaking.

Overall I am very pleased with my project. They turned out really nice and add a fun touch of drama to what would otherwise be some very boring light switches and outlet covers.

Below are the living room creations :)

Stay crafty my friends!