And presto chango - here's what I got...
Not too shabby for an "old piece of crap", huh?
I also found this "old piece of crap"...
Is it bad that my baby's toy box advertises whiskey?
9.09.2010
A hidden treasure... redone
A few weeks ago, my friend Kristin and I loaded up our baby girls and headed to - in my opinion - the greatest antique mall ever. I'm not much into "real" antiques - just more the fun vintage-y junk treasures. Our babies did great - they even both took naps (maybe I just need to take my little nap striker shopping more often??).
Among a few other treasures I found this box-shelf type thing. I immediately loved it because it's the color of the nursery and I was needing a shelf - table type thing for the end of the crib. At $12, I couldn't turn it down, even if it just ended up collecting glass bottles in the garage.
I immediately liked it. I know, I know, it looks like an "old piece of crap" (according to my husband) but I knew it would be cute once I worked my magic on it. And all it took was a can of chalkboard spray paint. I mean seriously folks - it's the best stuff on earth. I'm mildly obsessed with it right now and feel like I could chalkboard half my house. It might hurt the resale value, but heck, it's good stuff.
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i love that you painted the top of that box! so cute.
ReplyDeleteYou know I love chalkboard paint! It's tempting to paint it all over everything, isn't it? Love how the shelf turned out, and the whiskey box is too funny.
ReplyDeletei wouldn't worry too much about the whiskey part of the box. it also advertises "teacher's" and "cream" and what can be better for babies to know about than those two things?
ReplyDeleteNice finds! Love both of them!
ReplyDeleteLOVE it all! seriously...there's nothing like antique shopping.
ReplyDeleteHa, love the "teachers" whiskey box. How did they know that teaching drives one to drink?!?! ;) Just kidding. Kind of. Cute stuff!
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