Spray Paint Is My Friend

I wish I could say I was one of those super crafty people who are experts at refinishing furniture and turning trash into treasure. Occasionally I get lucky and find a way to use something of my own in a new way, and I'll be honest - if a can of spray paint can't fix it then I really won't bother. I'm all about easy. I thought I'd share a few pictures of a few things I've worked on lately. (And sorry I don't have before pictures, I know it's always fun to see those.)


















I decided not to get all of my fall decorations out this year, but I still wanted a few little touches here and there. I changed out my summer letters for FALL and spray painted these cute little pumpkins to add some pizazz. (They are real pumpkins.) I love the fall colors of oranges and reds, but I just wanted something simpler and more subtle this year.






















Since our kids have pretty much trashed our good old IKEA computer armoire we bought when we first moved into our house, I decided it would be futile to spend a lot of money on a new one that will probably get equally thrashed in the next few years. Hence, this little lady that I found on Craigslist for almost nothing. It was already black but needed some touching up so I gave it another coat of paint and made some cute little curtains on a tension rod to cover up the contents when not in use. I'm still thinking about putting some cute drawer pulls on it. (Now I just need to move it to the living room and get all the computer gear set up inside of it.) I got the fabric on sale buy two yards get one free, and had enough to recover the seat of the chair (which was also a cheap Craigslist find), and used the rest as a table runner on the dining table.




















The chair was already painted white and kind of naturally distressed so I decided to leave it as is, just recovered the seat cushion.






















I've had these barn stars for almost six years, they used to be an aged bronze color that was really nice, but I wanted something brighter. When we repainted our walls recently, I moved everything around and decided to spray paint them red and put them on a shelf in the family room. They add a nice pop of color. I purposely tried to not spray an even coat, so some of the darker color showed through making them look aged.

















I had been wanting to do some updating in our bedroom decor for a while. I wanted something soft and serene and relaxing. I've been chipping away at it bit by bit when I happen to find something I like. This is just a little peek. I love these little wall lights from IKEA. They have adjustable heads to get the right angle for reading, were priced right, and didn't require any electrical work which is right up our alley. Before we had some table lamps, but I hated the room they took up on our nightstands. I've had a couple of people ask why I went with mostly white bedding since little kids usually don't mesh well with white, (and Morgan has already spilled root beer from his leaky sippy cup on it) but I just think it looks clean and simple and light and I'll scrub the root beer out when I have to. :)
















The headboard we received from one of Riley's aunts when we got married, but I was never really in love with the oak color, so it had been sitting in our garage for the last few years. I sprayed it a few coats of white, didn't even sand it and I like that part of the wood and the grains show through. The metal wall hanging I've had for a long time, and decided to paint it a robin's egg blue and hang it over the bed for a little pop of color.

















So there are a few of my fun re-do's. Next up are the twins room and Kendle and Morgan's room with new bunk beds. It could get very interesting.