I received a gorgeous mirror last year from my mother in law. What I love about it is the frame work / border, except that it was gold & black and the general colour scheme in my house is silver & black.
So off I went to Builders Warehouse (I love the store!) to pick up some paint, brushes and turps. This was last year but I only got around to doing it this weekend.
Before:
After:
I initially wasn’t happy with the results because paint looks different after it dries. It also looked much better after the second coat.
Now that it’s complete, this is what I should have done differently:
> Used masking tape to make a border on the actual mirror (I didn’t have any, was too lazy to go out and buy some)
> Propped the mirror on a flat surface face up, instead of standing upright.
We live and learn.
After reading this article a few days ago, I decided that I really want to restore old furniture as a hobby. Although, I don’t exactly have old furniture lying around, but will see what I can scout around to upcycle.
Nafisa Akabor
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sweeeeeeet 🙂
Hey this is really cool, i once repainted my dinning table and chairs black with blue ‘x’s and o’s.
Just like the tic tak toe game:)
a bit gothic eh but I do like it
It’s a really boring piece; light wood, the seat and back rest upholstered in a beige fabric. It was in the tv room, easy to miss:) I want to stain the wood really dark and re-upholster it something wacky.
Fatima – thanks! Would love to see what you do with it too.
I will find out some more info, thanks for the heads up 🙂
Saaleah – thank you. Hmmm sounds interesting. Curious to know what type of chair. Looking forward to it!
Very cool this. We have an old chair that could do with some work. We’ll compare notes when I return.
This is lovely!!!
I saw some inspiration over the weekend on these scoop chairs.
I just want to get back to SA and try them on my mum-in-law’s old chairs that nobody wants to use anymore.
I think that DIY Diva’s runs a short course on furniture restoration, but I’m not 100% sure.
You should look it up 🙂
Azra – will look out for it and take pics! 😉
Naeem – I just did, and looks very interesting. I like the grainy effect. Sweet, thanks 🙂
Google for Duplicolor, we stock it – a textured spray coating which gives a rough grainy type effect. might be nice to get a grungy gothy texture. – will hook you up a can when we return to za land.
Looks nice. I painted my room at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning! Busy doing a cheap up-grade/re-model as part of this months challenge 🙂 You’ll hear/read about it soon enough 🙂