Monday, April 26, 2010

Wall of TEAL Frames...


Our master bathroom needed some sprucing up. Some snazzyness. Some SASS:



See? BLAH.

Also, I was feeling some cabin fever and needed a quick paint pick-me-up project to distract me from snot wiping duty. So I loaded the snot-makers into the car and headed to our local thrift store.

$11 later, and I had me a painting pick-me-up project and some decorative sass for our master bathroom.

Aren't they LOVELY?



I deconstructed them, tossed the mirrors, duck, glass and landscape photo and painted them TEAL.

Yep, the very same teal that I painted my bedroom but have yet to show you. Mostly because I keep forgetting to...and maybe a bit because the color doesn't come out true and that BUGS me. Someday I'll get around to posting a decent-ish pic of it.

ANYWHO.

If you remember, that bedroom painting occurrence was a good two months ago. Didja know that if you cover your painting tray with a plastic bag and set it aside in the garage you can forget about it and delay cleaning it? Yup, true story.

So I rediscovered the 2 month old teal blue paint sitting there all sad and unloved so I just HAD to use it to makeover those sad frames.

Paint paint paint and wait to dry. Haul them upstairs to master bath, let them acclimate to their surroundings for a good three days before hubby says, "uh, hon, are you going to do something with these frames or are they just here to decorate the floor?" and then finally get around to hanging them on the wall.

Here ya go, sassy teal blue frames to give my sad master bathroom some interest:



MUCH BETTER. I smile every time I walk in there.



And really, my walls are NOT the color of a one month old's poo, they are a light yellow-beige. Hmm, maybe I should get a new camera? OR, I could photograph my walls during the daytime with natural light.

I decided that the frames needed more interest and dimension than plain, right outta the can, teal paint so I mixed in some black paint to darken the rest of the teal paint.

I dabbed it onto a rag and smeared it on the edges and detail and am loving the results:



The just-right amount of dimension and aging I was hoping for:



Not something I want on my face, but on frames? Yes please.

And yes, if you have a great memory, I have done this decorative technique before. What can I say, I know what I like and I like what I know.

So go out and grab a bunch of frames, paint em teal and throw em on the wall. Methinks you'll like it too...

A

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21 comments :

  1. This is beautiful. I think I might try it in my guest room. There is a big blank wall in there that I've been wanting to spruce up!

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  2. Very cute! I am a big fan of clustered frames!! And I like to think of myself as a vintage dutch girl as well (you ain't much if you ain't dutch!)

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  3. Really cute project!! I love how they turned out. Seems we all are smitten with teal/aqua now. I just painted a table & plant stand in my living room a similar color. Great accent, thanks for joining the party.

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  4. Super cute thrifty idea! Love the added dimension too.

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  5. They look great! I think I have half a can of spray paint in a similar color. Hmm....

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  6. Soooo PRETTY...great THRIFTY idea...come by and show them off at my PAR-TAY...hope to see you there:)

    Blessings,
    Linda

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  7. Ooh, sassy! I like it :) You know, I have a stack of photo frames downstairs that are too beat up to use, or aren't the right size...I should totally do this!

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  8. Well done, it looks great and you needed some pzazz! And you got it!

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  9. Looks great, it's nice to see someone step outside of the customary white or black with the spray paint too!!

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  10. that looks fantastic! i love the color you chose. i have a similar wall of frames in my house, and i love the open and airy feeling they give, and the completeness of a collection without being too distracting. beautiful! hopped over from ntt.

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  11. Those are PERFECT, it's a fun and funky look but not over the top! So very DECORATOR-ISH! GREAT COLOR too!

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  12. ...and 11 BUCKS! I want to go to YOUR thrift store! GREAT DEAL for such a FAB project!

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  13. wow.. That is so different. I love it!!! Great job!
    ~Tana

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  14. incredibly genius. LOVE the texture on a lot of those frames, and what a great idea to darken the paint to bring that out. now you have an amazing wall!

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  15. love the wall...I just did a project with one empty frame...and loved how it turned out too...might try this on another wall in the house...
    http://chambersmade.blogspot.com/2010/04/oopsturnedawesome.html

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  16. Great idea and old frames so easy to find cheap at thrift stores etc.
    Bravo!
    Linda

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  17. I'm so happy that you came to NTT:)

    Blessings,
    Linda

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  18. Those are sassy indeed! Awesome color, awesome grouping and awesome antiquing with the little extra dark paint at the end!
    Hugs, Lana

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  19. You are just too creative! LOVE that project, it turned out super-cute (like anything you touch). ;-) Thank you for blessing my life and bringing to it a bit of sunshine. :) Please accept this award from me as a token of my "thanks for blessing me!" :)
    http://crystalscraftingandrambling.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-first-blog-award.html

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