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I think I’ll paint something

October 25, 2008 By Rhoda 44 Comments

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Sometimes you have perfectly good accessories that are still pretty, they just don’t work with a new scheme or plan. So, what do you do?? Why, you paint them of course. I know most of you know this already, but the power of paint is so alluring. With just a little time and effort, those old accessories get a whole new look, so why throw them out. These are all yardsale mirrors that I’ve had for a long time…gold was fine.
But, creamy white is better for the new room. Can you guess which one is plastic? I didn’t even know it until I started painting it. These aren’t all finished yet, I’ll do a little antiquing on them before they make their debut.
Scrollies and bunnies…all yardsale finds too. I’m getting a little tired of the scrollie things, but I think they’ll work fine in a new color. I do like their classic shapes.

And how pretty they look now in Heirloom White. Spray painting would have been faster, but I already had this can around, so I resorted to the brush. And it really doesn’t take long. I wanted to leave a little gold in the crevices anyway. Again, I’ll age these a little too.
More finds from long ago, these sconces also got in on the action.
With a fresh coat of satin black, they will be stunning and work together as a pair (a non-matching pair). I have some important plans for them.
This little $5 yardsale side table got a coat of stain earlier this year, but it was time once again for a really big change.
And Blue Ocean Breeze from Walmart did the trick.

Bet you know which room all of this will go in, don’t you?!

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  1. Laura @ the shorehouse. says

    October 29, 2008 at 7:42 pm

    I *so* can not wait to see the black & white room. 🙂

    I found a table in a relative's garage (stuff they were throwing out) and originally I was going to paint it black so it would be a bit neutral. But the more I see fun colors like your turquoisey one…Hmmm….the more my little wheels start to spin. 🙂

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  2. My Pink & Cream Cottage says

    October 30, 2008 at 6:55 am

    Hi Rhoda,
    I have just found you & what a great blog you have (I am putting you in my favourites for sure). I cannot get over that I live in Australia & have the wall sconse as you, hows that, pretty amazing if you ask me. Am really looking forward to seeing the end result. Hope you enjoy your time at the beach

    Lyn xoxox

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  3. Margy says

    October 30, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    I love what you can do with a little paint! Gives me inspiration to do some redecorating. Thanks Margy in KY

    [email protected]

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  4. KVC says

    October 30, 2008 at 10:41 pm

    This makes me want to look around my house to see what I can paint!

    Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. KV

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