Recycle and reuse...up-cycling

     As you all know we have two little girls. And Anna Grace is an all out "girlie girl". She will play outside; loves to run bare foot, dig for squirmie wormies, and run races with boys however all must be done with a dress or shirt on and clip in her hair. Well we have a play room that has all sorts of goodies in it but not a ton of storage. So I went to Mimi's (my mom's) house and looked at what things I may still have there. Low and behold I found a bookshelves/nightstand thing that I had in my old room. You know the kind, white metal with brassy caps and screws. Very circa the early 1990's.
     So home it came with me, and boy was Mimi happy to get more stuff out of her house. And off to get some spray paint I went. Now I have been reading different blogs that I have found bc of Pinterest and found that Krylon has a great selection of paints for a variety of textiles. And the color choices are wonderful. So we purchased a great pink shade - as if we don't have enough pink in our house. And off to work I went.
     Now per the many blogs it has said not to worry about sanding the piece prior to painting. So I applied the first coat and it went on really well. The color wasn't quiet as vibrant as I wanted so we went on to apply coat two and that is where I ran into some problems. The second coat did not dry as smoothly as I would have liked and then it did a bubbling blister thing. So I did some research and found out that I had applied the second coat when the temperature was too hot outside. And I had let it dry in the sun which was another "no-no" in spray paint schooling. Note to self don't up-cycle an item outside during a heat wave. But at the end it turned out ok, this is just going in the playroom. It the shelve just has a bit of a textured finish in some parts.
     Next up is the vanity and bench seat; did I forget to mention it was a set?!?! Anna Grace said she can't wait to be able to put her make-up on and fix her hair in her own vanity area.

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