There have been a number of projects that I've completed in the last little while that I never got around to blogging about so I thought I would do a RoundUp post and lump them altogether just to get it done and out of the way.
One of the things I've been 'slightly' fascinated with lately is the Salvation Army store. And by 'slightly' I mean I spend so much time there that my boyfriend says I'm not allowed to go anymore. lol. I kid, sort of. I've been greatly inspired by the up do's and tutorials over at
Centsational Girl.
Back in February my bestest friend of all time was coming to visit all the way from our hometown in Newfoundland. Sadly I have no spare furniture! But as they say "necessity is the mother of invention" or something like that so off I went to the Salvation Army to find some furniture intent to re-do them in amazing
Centsational Girl style. I bought a night stand and dresser for $80 and painting supplies for about $20. I already had some at home. I didn't take very good before pictures but here are a few in my garage. The drawers have been removed and put to the side.
Since I like
Centsational Girl's style so much I decided to paint it using her favourite and most recommended colour -
Heirloom White by Rust-o-leum American Accents
. Very pretty. But first I had to sand and prime them. I also used the primer recommended by
Centsational Girl -
Zinsser Cover Stain Primer-Sealer
. It seemed to do the trick:
Boy everything looks ugly when it's only covered with primer. Nevertheless I carried on. I attempted to do a vintage finish by spraypainting the corners with brown and then painting over them with the
Heirloom White but it turned out awful so I added more and more coats of the
Heirloom White until it completely covered the brown. Here are the results:
Both pieces turned out very cute. I was originally going to buy new hardware for them but in the end decided that the old ones still suited the new look so I kept them. Deidre came and went that weekend and we had a wonderful time!! That following week I decided on a whim to list them on kijiji.ca well wouldn't you know it I had someone buy them for $250! Ho-ly!! Not a bad profit in a week. Of course, I'd say if I had to pay myself for the time spent it would've been far beneath minimum wage but I did have fun and I learned a lot.
I also bought a small table for $5 from kijiji.ca, which I also refinished in
Heirloom White. Here's the before pic and I will edit the post later with an after shot.
I was on a roll. lol. I also refinished a little tea light holder. I used a spray paint for this project:
I also found a silver cake server at the Salvation Army. You can see the $2.99 sticker in the before picture. I polished it up all nice and shiny in less than a half an hour. It's a bit hard to tell from the pictures but there was a BIG difference between the before and after. I keep a look out for silver now each time I'm at the SA just in case. It's too easy to get it looking good.
That's all the re-do projects that I have finished right now. I have a garage full of furniture though, which is the real reason my boyfriend says I'm not allowed in the SA anymore...until I get those projects finished! I bought another nightstand/dresser set for $60. I bought a hall table but I don't remember for how much?! I received a tv stand for free from a friend. I have a small decorative hanging cabinet almost put back together and we just recovered a corner desk off the sidewalk a few houses down from ours, which someone was giving away for free. Gotta love good neighbours. I probably won't refinish that piece but there is some assembling and cleaning required. Fun fun fun.
I'll post soon about some sewing projects that I've finished in the last little while. Sadly I have not finished nearly as many as I've started!!
