In between bouts of yard work, I've been trying to bring some order to the great room shelves. It's still too soon for the big reveal, but I wanted to share a few items that are starting to come together.
I bought this small ceramic planter at a garage sale last summer. At $4 or $5, I think I overpaid, but the shape appealed to me. I don't have a picture of the original color, but believe me when I say its dark, kelp-y green wasn't too pretty, so I spray painted it in Krylon's Jade (after a coat of Rustoleum spray primer). I didn't love the result, though (too close to the Celery elephant, maybe):
So I tried again with Krylon's Peekaboo Blue:
It's not right with the honeysuckle box, but I like the color a lot better, and it ties in with the fabric on the slipper chairs.
Moving on...I've had these metal bear bookends since law school:
We don't own many books (we prefer the library), but Steve gave me this set of photo albums for Christmas a few years ago:
I took them out of their box and put them on a shelf between the bears. But the bears kind of disappeared into the dark wood.
So I threw some Krylon Caramel Latte at them:
Much better.
Side note -- the process of spray painting these items meant that, for a brief time, we had the world's tackiest sculpture garden going on in the back yard.
(Actually, I fear there's probably much tackier out there. Permanently. And not in an ironic way.)
While I continue to try to pull the shelves together, here's a sneak peek:
I bought this small ceramic planter at a garage sale last summer. At $4 or $5, I think I overpaid, but the shape appealed to me. I don't have a picture of the original color, but believe me when I say its dark, kelp-y green wasn't too pretty, so I spray painted it in Krylon's Jade (after a coat of Rustoleum spray primer). I didn't love the result, though (too close to the Celery elephant, maybe):
So I tried again with Krylon's Peekaboo Blue:
It's not right with the honeysuckle box, but I like the color a lot better, and it ties in with the fabric on the slipper chairs.
Moving on...I've had these metal bear bookends since law school:
We don't own many books (we prefer the library), but Steve gave me this set of photo albums for Christmas a few years ago:
I took them out of their box and put them on a shelf between the bears. But the bears kind of disappeared into the dark wood.
So I threw some Krylon Caramel Latte at them:
Much better.
Side note -- the process of spray painting these items meant that, for a brief time, we had the world's tackiest sculpture garden going on in the back yard.
(Actually, I fear there's probably much tackier out there. Permanently. And not in an ironic way.)
While I continue to try to pull the shelves together, here's a sneak peek:
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