Drab to Fab Tea/Coffee Canister Makeover

Today I want to share this fabulous makeover I did with cheap tea/coffee canisters.

When I bought these for next to nothing it looked like this...

First I spray painted it with leftover bright red. It is stunning near my newly painted cabinet. It looked a lot better even with the white lids, but I decided to paint the lids to match these buckets. I painted the lids with Annie Sloan ChalkPaint in Duck Egg Blue.

I cannot give this product enough praise! It's just spectacular! I only needed one coat of the ChalkPaint and it was soo easy to apply. I added a coffee- and tea label I found at a antique shop to two of the canisters. It looks great!!!

I love the character it gives to the coffee-making area of my kitchen!

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Bucket Makeover with ChalkPaint

Hello!

Today I want to share a SUPER easy makeover that I did a while back.

I got these IKEA buckets (they call it vases!?) while we were living in NYC for 3 months at the beginning of the year. I know, exciting, right? As we don't have a IKEA in South Africa I was STOKED to visit. I was the crazy lady with my two buckets on the plane back. I like to buy home goods to remember our travels by, it now is a constant reminder of our time in the City That Never Sleeps. 

When I first got the buckets I thought it will look good in my very RED kitchen (to store vegetables or whatever..), but when we got home the color was more like coral/orange-y, so I decided to paint it. With my new Annie Sloan ChalkPaint which I'm in love with!

I used Duck Egg Blue which is a perfect match for my red kitchen and I've painted several items with it (which I'll still share). I slapped the paint right onto the metal (no primer or anything!!) and it was covered after two coats - one coat would probably do, but I like the texture if you add a second coat.

And the final beautiful buckets:

Ain't it pretty?

I'll leave you with a picture of their new home on my DIY cabinet which got a makeover..

Have YOU ever painted any other materials with ChalkPaint?

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Drab to fab: Glass bottles

Welcome back!

Today I'll share a super easy Glass Bottle Revamp.

 I had these ordinary, boring old glass bottles on hand. I have TONS of them. I can't throw away anything made of glass. I WILL have a use for all the glass bottles in the world someday :-) . Like these...

 I decided to give them a splash of paint to match other elements in our home. I used my new favorite color - Duck Egg Blue from Annie Sloan ChalkPaint. Have I mentioned my love for this product??!! 

And this is the fabulous end result:

Huge difference, hey?

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New beginnings

Welcome to my first blog post!! I'm so excited to share my journey with you.

We recently moved into our very first home, what an exciting time it has been (excuse photos of unpacked boxes....)! It's small, BUT it's OURS and we LOVE it!

Our kitchen is rather smallish and I'm used to a bit more space, so I got the husband to get some quotes for build-in cupboards around our refrigerator - guy quoted us R 15 000!!! Whaaat? (That's like $1500) for one narrow cupboard...! So as we unpacked our furniture (it was in storage for more than 6 months) we rediscovered (how can one forget ones own possessions?!) a cupboard we bought for R300 (roughly $30). It's sturdy, but so not pretty.

I was desperately waiting for Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ to arrive in South Africa and it would have been PERFECT on this cupboard, but it would only arrive the next week and I could not wait (read: too lazy to sand and prime)... Sooo, I DIY'ed it. Recipes for DIY chalk paint are all over the place, but here's what I used...

I dissolved the Plaster of Paris in a few tablespoons of water and just give it a good stir and your'e good to go. I know a few other recipes uses Latex paint, well I used Acrylic and as I really had nothing to compare it with, I thought it worked just fine...

I painted four coats (the grain was quite prominent) and it looked fabulous!!! I bought some new hardware and I'm totally in love with my new 'pantry'.

To end things off today, here is a photo of our unfinished kitchen with my 'new' cupboard.

Please comment if you have tips/ideas for DIY chalk paint.

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