Lookie - new furniture in the house!
So my parents have been renovating their house the past two weeks and decided to get rid of some furniture. And as long as I got carte blanche to paint at will, I decided to take on these two pieces. The table originally belonged to my granmother who passed away this January. She'd probably have freaked out if she had seen what I had done to it
Voilà. No big surprise if you've been following my blog for a while, but just to specify: A light sanding, two coats of paint and decoupage. Granma would probably hate it, which means I love it.
It's now replaced the IKEA nightstand I pimped last year, which has now moved into my bedroom, resuming its original purpose as a nightstand.
Whereas the table was a quick project, that book shelf is a bigger one. I plan on starting during the holidays - if I can make up my mind when it comes to the colour, that is! At first the plan was to paint that white too, but then I came across this picture on pinteres and I totally fell in love with that colour:
(source: puttingonthegrits.com)
It's like a really pale aqua, now isn't it? I friggin love it!
I've been to my crafts store and bought a pot of aqua interior paint and some napkins I'm going to use on the drawers:
My plan has been to mix this paint with the rest of the white to make it paler, but after painting a small test patch on the shelf, I've now just confused myself. It looks OK in the picture I think, but in real life it's way darker than the colour on the Pinterest picture. Basically now I can't decide if I'm just going to use the colour as is or mix in the white paint... Oh those darn luxury problems ;o)))
Guess we'll have to wait and see! I'll be back with a newly painted books shelf either way!
Have a great Easter!
