Friday, May 15, 2015

From Glum to Glam



Oh how I love spring time and all the colorful blooms! It makes me want to work in my yard and garden and make everything beautiful again.  Since spring sprang, I decided it was time to spruce up my two urns for the front of house that were sitting in the back with nothing in them.

But when I looked at them, well, they looked a little glum.



Sad looking with weathering and chipped away paint, I decided these two needed a makeover.




A few brushes, a sunny afternoon and a little bit of Annie Sloan Chalk paint from local distributor C'est Moi to the rescue!



First, I brushed on Chateau Grey (which is actually a kind of greenish color).  I purposely left areas of  the original dark brown show through.  This gave it more dimension.



After that dried, which was rather quickly due to the porous nature of the urns, I highlighted the rounded edges with some Paris Grey (which is a true gray).



Voila! These two are now the stars of the show in front of my house.



What DIY projects have you pulled out this spring?  

4 comments:

  1. GORGEOUS makeovers!! And beautiful home!! Hoping to put some flowers in this weekend myself- we had frost two mornings ago-so a bit skiddish still! Thanks for sharing Kirsten! xo

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    1. Thank you Jackie! You must live further north than me...I am pretty sure we are frost free for the season!

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  2. Love ascp, and it does make anything look fab. Nice job Kirsten.xox

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