Happy Chandelier Makeover

I never liked it anyway. For years, I never liked it. And for years I thought to myself: "If I spray-painted the darn thing, what could it hurt?"

So, guess what?

I finally did it and I'm glad I finally did it. It's much prettier in blue with a touch of gold!

You see? This is what it looked like before...

It's a much happier thing now! And so am I.

♥︎M

You Can Wash These Things. Like, With Soap 'n Water.

So yesterday I start making-over a thrifted lamp, right, with the cleaning and the painting and the sanding and all that? Ya.  So I figure that while the paint is drying, it might be a good idea to skoot over to Canadian Tire to grab a new shade for the lamp 'cause the old one I have is kinda gross and grubby, right? But then, I have this idea, right?... Why not try cleaning the shade I do have before going out and dropping money I don't have on a new one. I figure it's worth a try, right?

And then I think to myself: "Someone out there has done this before." Gotta be, right? So I google it. And lo and behold, HERE is a tutorial at TLC Home. You can wash these things? Once again, I was clueless. I've never washed a lamp shade in my life. But the best part, it came out like brand-spanking new. I just followed the instructions with the warm water and the dish soap and stuff. And boom. Beautiful and clean again.

So lamp shades are washable... I learned something.

♥M

Baby It's All White...

Remember we were painting the entry, stair well and halls? Well that job did get done by the way. Joy! I wanted to hug everyone for days after finishing it, it felt so good.

Anyway, there were these two old metal switch plates in the entry and hall. Don't ask me how old these are, probably as old as the house (which was built in 1948). And probably like most things built in 1948, these little switch plates are darn heavy and darn sturdy. But MAN are they UGLY. Look at them! That is the definition of UGLY. However... I really didn't want to pitch them or replace them with the standard plastic ones, poor things. I do want my switch plates to have a little character if at all possible. So I just grabbed a small brush and a tiny bottle of white liquid acrylic craft paint and gave 'em several coats. I actually like 'em now... Ya. Not too bad, eh?

I can live with that.

Have a great day!