Well HELLO! Hope you had a fantastic weekend! We finished up marching band season (for the most part – more on that soon!) and I am SO PROUD of my hubby, the staff and those kids. They are so crazy talented and they work their tails off all summer and fall.
But I am glad to have my hubby back – for a few weeks anyway. ;)
Over the past few weeks I’ve been working like a mad woman trying to get the office redo completed.
YEAH. That one. The one I started (early) last year. I’m so incredibly efficient, it’s just shocking. :)
My to-do list is dwindling though, and this project was so easy and fast! I just love how it turned out – couldn’t wait to show you!
It all started with my sister, and the Pottery Barn gift card she gave me for my birthday. She knows just what I love! (OK, she asked where I wanted a gift card and I told her Pottery Barn, but still. She’s awesome.)
I went to spend my free moolah (the best kind!) and of course…couldn’t find a THING. Gah – that is so frustrating! You walk in with a gift card and find nothing, and the next time you have two cents to your name and find EVERYTHING.
Can I get an AMEN?
:)
I went to another store at the fancy mall, then went back to PB – I was determined. I walked around so long the staff was giving me the stink eye.
Finally I found something I thought I could use:
It was filled with towels and I loved that, but we don’t have a great spot for it in our bathroom and besides that, I wanted to have it out where it would be seen.
The nice little surprise was that it ran up on major sale – I think I paid $30-something for it? Rock. on.
Anyhoo, I came up with a great use for it in the office! But the wood tone, although lovely, wasn’t doing much for it.
So I painted it. :) Oh yes. I did.
I started by spray priming it in my workshop spray paint station on a sheet on the floor in the garage:
At least I covered the snow blower. ;)
Then I finished it up with a coat of Rustoleum flat white:
Remember when spray painting: shake the can really well before and during, use a mask or spray outside (or both!), and use small, short bursts – not big long ones. (DRIPS!) Oh, and numerous light coats are better than fewer thick coats!
I didn’t even sand it down, because the outside of it really won’t get much wear and tear. I did, however, use my sanding block to distress the edges up a bit:
I just sanded down parts that would show wear…if there was going to be wear. Which there won’t. But whatever:
I planned to use the caddy for the Bub’s markers and crayons and stuff, so I wanted to dress up the front with something kinda cute and fun.
I got the Silhouette machine out and cut number stencils out of vinyl and put them on the front of each shelf:
If you’re real good you’ll measure them out and place them just right. I just eyeballed it and was real lucky they weren’t wonky. :)
I used the extra blue green color I had leftover from the book nook to paint in the letters, (I believe it’s called Lake from Valspar?) then took off the vinyl.
I LOVE how it turned out!:
I loved the wood, but the white pops against the floors and the black dresser!:
And dang…it’s CUTE!!
The top shelf holds crayons, the middle is markers and the bottom is filled with paints:
It’s super easy for the Bub to get to everything and super easy for him to put everything away. (Ding! Ding! Ding!)
I love that blue color – it’s a perfect match to the Target lamps on the Craigslist dresser:
And the whole thing was free (for me) – I used paint and spray paint I already had. Love when that happens!
One more project down – WHOOHOO!
The next time you see this room, it will be D.O.N.E. Geez Louise, that took forever. Anyone else taken 18 months do redo a space? No? Just me? :)
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