Third Time's the Charm, right?

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At least that's what they say. However you put it, this is my third hit at updating my photo gallery and it is definitely my favorite!

I started this project back in 2011 (wow!) and have changed it slightly I think 3 times now. (Why can't I just leave things alone?) You know how you change just one little thing and then, the next little thing needs to change to make the first little thing even better? Well, you get what I'm saying.

That was the case with this picture gallery. It started out like this:

This was the first version of my photo gallery and I was pretty happy with it!
Read more here.

Then I changed the inside color to a darker grey which gave it more pop and I added a little decorative element to the top.

Of course I changed the pictures up slightly and squeezed in more of them!

But then I decided to paint the walls the same grey that was inside the gallery frame (cause I'm into grey now...who knew?) which led to less 'pop' but no time to change it again.

So a couple weeks ago I got out the paint from the dining room, took down the photos (dusted them...whoo!) and painted the back with the navy from the dining room. Updated the picture with recent family photos and added a silver metallic to the decorative thing-a-magig and I'm done.

Third time is the charm, right? We'll see.

Joining this week to:

Pieced Pastimes

It's Overflowing,

Silver Pennies 

DIY Showoff 

Thoughts From Alice 

Boogieboard Cottage

M's the Word

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Okay, really M is not a word and you all know it. Guess I can't pull anything over on you all, huh?

But the letter M is the focal point of this project and it all  started with a simple wood cut-out of the letter M. Mr. M was pretty blah when he first arrived at our house and was in serious need of some attention.

Here is Mr. M in his original state.
Kind of plain.

Not to worry Mr. M, we have paint for you! Out comes silver metallic paint for the base coat and Mr. M is looking so much better. Hmmmm, still missing a little something though.

Here is Mr. M after his silver
metallic basecoat and starting to add
silver leaf.

Out comes the silver leaf and now Mr. M is complete!

Close up of the silver leaf that
creates a shiny, rustic metallic look.

Mr. M sitting proudly on our mantel!

Linking up this week to:

Spray Paint Linky Party at Thistlewood Farms