This is the weekend to honor junk over at Funky Junk Interiors and I am a well-known junker in my part of the world. In fact, one of my best friends confessed to grabbing a table out of her neighbors garbage and said it was my fault! Yikes, what an influence I have on my peeps!
All in all, this project only cost
me $10 for the chalkboard paint.
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This project started with the frame you see below. When we were clearing out my hubby's grandmas house, I quickly grabbed up this find. It was not much to speak of (wish I had pictures) but once I pulled out the print and gave it a paint treatment it was great in my dining room. Originally there were 2 similar types of frames/print although not a match. I gave them the same paint treatment (the dining room wall color as a base coat with a white crackle finish over the top) and hung both together as empty frames. G R E A T conversation piece. Nobody could understand why I would just hang a couple of empty frames but everybody liked it!
This is the frame. It has been painted and
spray painted and crackled to end
up like this.
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That's been several years ago and they have gone through many transitions since then. One is no longer as the frame broke and was unrepairable. Alas, the lone frame is now a victim of one final update as seen below.
This is a scrap piece of plywood that has been
used for a school project by my youngest son,
cut and now reused as the background
board for the frame.
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Added some lovely chalkboard paint.
Did have to go out and buy another can.
Had a can for a few years just waiting
for a project and couldn't find it...argh!
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Some of my other fun junk projects for 2011 were:
For the Birds--Repurposing a
birdhouse for the garden. |
Linking this project up to:
Cyndi, thanks SO much for sharing your junk celebrity status and projects at the Kiss & Tell party over at my place! I love that you have your peeps pilfering the neighbor's garbage and scratching their heads and lovin' your art anyway! It's fabulous to stretch our imaginations like that. LOVE it! <3
ReplyDeleteHi Cyndi, I love that frame from grandma's house and the chairs you refinished. Lovely job. Thanks for sharing. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chris
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Love all your projects (you had me at chalkboard)! Thanks for the sweet comment on my blog!
ReplyDeleteblessings,
karianne