Projects. Projects. Projects.

I have completed a few more projects over the past few months and forgot to post them. First up was the train table I scored off Craig's List for $35. I had been watching it for a few weeks-I liked how it had been painted meaning I could repaint it and not have to do to much work. I wasn't feeling the $55 price tag so I just watched it to see what happens. After about 3 weeks it dropped to $45. And I ended up bargaining and got it for $35! Not to shabby if I don't say so myself. I wasn't in love with the colors-the original owners painted it to match their living room as the used it as their "coffee table" until their boys outgrew it.

 A little spray paint later and Ben has a new train/car/puzzle/whatever he wants table! I put it downstairs in the basement playroom and he loves it!

Second up was this bookshelf I bought for $15 at the thrift store. I wanted a bookshelf for the basement playroom and I knew with a little love aka paint it would be great! So when I painted the train table I got to work on the bookshelf too.

I used the same blue as I did on the train table and now it looks good as new!

The basement playroom still has some more work to be done to it but it's coming along project by project...

I have been on the hunt for a cool frame to make a chalkboard for the kitchen. I have been looking for what seems like ever and ever. I finally found one at the thrift store for $14. So I taped it off and got to work!
First I painted several coats of the chalkboard paint. I started out with the spray can version but felt it didn't really give me the old school chalk board look/feel. So I has a can of the regular chalkboard paint left over from Ben's easel so I painted a few more coats and then it was perfect! Next I painted the frame white but the rustic character of the wood it didn't look good white. So next it was a rusty red color-it looked good but on the green kitchen wall it looked like Christmas. So after looking around the garage I found this gray matte metal spray paint I had left over from another project and figured what the heck lets see what happens. And surprisingly it came out pretty good! I was going to use it for a weekly menu board but I wasn't in love with it so after a few days I decided to make it our seasonal bucket list!

And finally I had been searching for a small step stool for Ben for the 1/2 bathroom. And again the thrift store payed off this bad boy was pretty loved but on cost me $3.99. What a deal! And the added bonus was that it it also doubles as a super cute chair! It needed a good cleaning and new hardware and of course some paint! Ben loves it! Well worth the $4 and elbow grease!