TV Cabinet Makeover: Take 2

Hi everyone!!

Remember when I shared with you Take 1 of the Cabinet Makeover?

Now here is the FINAL look after I repainted it, I'm in LOVE with this!!!!

It started out like this after the previous attempt to change the cabinet:

I taped off stripes how far I wanted them apart. It actually worked out great in the end. Then I painted every other stripe with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in French Linen.

The remaining stripes was painted with French Linen mixed with a little Old White. I wanted a very similar colour, just lighter.

I think it looks pretty amazing!!!

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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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Drab to Fab Candle Holder Makeover

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Today I'll share this very easy makeover with you. A few years ago I bought these red, shiny candle holders, they were on sale after Christmas. I bought them with the idea to paint them, but I never came around. If I knew they can look so stunning, I would have done it long ago :-)

Here's the BEFORE. I don't like it at all...

I painted it with 2 coats of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in French Linen mixed with a little Old White. No sanding or prepping!!!

I just love how it blends in with the rest of our decor now.

Here's the candle holders in the living room:

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Bucket Makeover with ChalkPaint

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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..

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Coffee table/Ottoman Extreme Makeover

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As part of transforming our living room to become like this. I gave our dark ottoman/coffee table a makeover. This was by far one of my favorite projects and I'm in love with the end result.

Let's get started. This is what I was working with ... Not so nice!

I had leftover eyelet curtains from our previous home that I can't use in our new home. So what do you use old curtains for? You upholster coffee tables, of course!

This is what I was going for...

I draped the curtain over the ottoman to cut of the ends I'll won't need. I didn't even bother to cut straight as nobody will ever see my laziness :-) . When I had the right size going I grabbed my stapler gun (yup this is ALL equipment you need for this project!!).

I started by attaching the one side of the curtain very tightly to the base of the ottoman. Again not my neatest job!!

The only slightly tricky part was to fold in the corners, in the end I did it just as you would wrap a present. Like this...

And that is all! It was one of the fastest projects with the most extreme difference.

Just one more look... Oh I love this now!

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Nightstand Makeover with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™

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Today I'm showing off our nightstand makeover. We got the nightstand from my sister-in-laws' mother. She was decluttering and asked if we were interested...Of course we were!!

This was my second project with Annie Sloan ChalkPaint (see first here...), and I still LOVE it. I painted the body with French Linen and the knobs with Old White. I just love these two colors together.

The nightstand is made of pine (which I hate), but it only took two coats to make me fall in love with it.

  

On the photo below you can see the effect I was going for on the middle part. I painted it with a foam-roller in Old White and waited for it to dry. I took a dry brush and just lightly went over the white with the French Linen. 

I'm so please with the result and the guestroom is looking good. I did a matching mirror which I will share with you soon :-)

Another look at the BEFORE and AFTER...

So what do you think?

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Drab to fab: Glass bottles

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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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