Lamp Fail
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After
Not all of my projects turn out as spectacular as I plan. I know, shocking. After adding our new lamp shade for our living room lamp I kept thinking that the dark bronze finish didn’t look right.
I decided to take the plunge and spray paint it with Rustoleum’s Metallic Brushed Nickel that had received [...]
Tags: apartment DIY, failed projects, lamp, spray painting
Pillow Toss
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Craftiness
I picked up these brown pillow covers at Ikea when we first arrived in Santa Monica. It was kind of an impulse purchase. We hadn’t painted yet but I needed something to replace the dog eaten pillows. They weren’t that bad so I left them alone.
I finally got up enough gumption to find [...]
Tags: apartment DIY, easy projects, throw pillows
White Out
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After
I finally gave in. The “distressed” look I was going for with our coffee table was not jiving with our white slipcovers and dark wood. It was beginning to look like an eyesore. I should have gone with my gut and painted it white to begin with!
Since I had all of the paint out [...]
Tags: apartment DIY, coffee table revamp, painting
