Painting Makes it New!
Here’s another decoration given to me by my sister that just didn’t quite go with the look I’m trying to create in my bathroom…. so, do I throw it away? NOPE! I get out my paint!
Here is the picture of the bird before:
First I painted the head, back and wings black with two coats. I painted the beak orange. The rest of the bird I painted cream colored. When all the paint was dry I covered the orange beak with yellow, and all the black with cream. When that paint was dry I got out some sandpaper and distressed the wings, tail and head until quite a bit of the black was showing through, and very very lightly sanded the bird’s back. I also took off most of the yellow on the beak to expose the orange underneath.
I also painted the stand black to match the rest of the bathroom decor.
After that was done I got out my favorite thing ever– Mod Podge (glossy)– and put a nice coat of it over everything.
Here’s the finished look:
What do you think? I love it now!
blogangela on March 31st 2011 in Home Decor, Paint
Bathroom Makeover! | Curious Country Creations Crafty Life responded on 04 Apr 2011 at 3:51 pm #
[...] items that were given to me. See my previous posts about the Anchor Upcycle, Salt Cedar Vase, and Bird Re-Do project. The bottles on the shelf I got at a thrift store. I just filled one with small [...]
Stephanie responded on 05 Apr 2011 at 6:35 am #
Angela, this is absolutely adorable. I would have honestly just not have looked at the original piece twice and walked right by if I were to see it at a thrift store…but now, I will be keeping my eyes open. The post of it looks great against your black mirror frame. Great job seeing the potential in something.
Thanks for linking this up to my $0 Budget party.
Stephanie
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