How To Easily Update Thrift Shop Art

nosotros are withal inwards the throes of laying tile inwards the basement How To Easily Update Thrift Store Art

Hey ya'll! Well, nosotros are withal inwards the throes of laying tile inwards the basement. It's going along at a decent pace, thence I'm hoping to accept a few in-progress pics to demonstrate y'all eventually. They may non live on pretty pics, but I'll demonstrate y'all anyways.
Jesse has been doing most of the heavy lifting, thence spell he's been busy downstairs, I've been working non-stop trying to complete upward the residuum of the upstairs.

It's a bargain nosotros struck.
He got the brusque cease of the stick.

The 'rest of the upstairs' basically includes the invitee bathroom, invitee bedroom, laundry room, hallway, together with several projects I started inwards the main bedchamber (and never finished) dorsum when I was trapped back there for 8 months.

So, basically, I'm actually expert at biting off to a greater extent than than I tin give notice chew, starting 45 projects at once, together with and thence feeling similar I mightiness cease upward giving myself a Lena Dunham haircut, circa the cease of Season 1.

So, this yesteryear weekend, I allowed myself a piddling downtime. I wore flannel pants for 48 hours, watched movies, ate Papa Johns together with behaved similar a full waste product of space.

Obviously Cheese is really affected yesteryear my energy.
Meanwhile, Tootie doesn't know I'm alive.

I in conclusion felt a piddling to a greater extent than relaxed on Sun together with I decided to brand some art, every bit that's something that I truly dearest to practise for fun.
Painting a room, non thence much.

I didn't accept whatever blank canvases or menu stock on hand, together with I didn't experience similar going anywhere, thence I dug through the haunted solid room (where I've stockpiled all of the junk from the basement) together with I establish an former thrift shop icon I brought abode a few years ago.

I wasn't actually all that excited yesteryear the original color scheme, addition it was only a inexpensive impress (and non manus painted), thence I had no work icon over it.
It was too covered inwards dust together with I literally had to hose it off inwards the sink. I could blame the thrift store, but nosotros all know it was in all probability the 8 months of upstairs construction.
Or maybe that only seems preferable.

For this project, I chose to usage the drawing that was already in that place every bit a starting indicate for my painting, together with I form of treated it similar a paint-by-numbers project. It's i of my favorite tardily fine art ideas when I'm non actually feeling upward to the chore of creating a floral masterpiece from scratch.

And if you're a existent creative someone together with never desire to beak to me again, I'll totally understand.
Just closed your eyes 'til it's over.

So, outset things first, you'll demand some acrylic paints together with pocket-sized paintbrushes.

I usage the BASICS Acrylic Paint 36-Piece Set (affiliate link) for almost all of my art. It was well-nigh $25, it has every color y'all could perchance need, together with I've been using this same laid for years.

Next, I mixed a few colors (pink, yellow, together with orange) together with and thence I painted over the existing flowers, filling inwards each bloom amongst a unmarried color of paint, together with form of tracing approximately the edges of each flower.

Next, I used some of my Liquid Leaf (affiliate link) to paint the vase usage of the painting. This materials is similar gilded foliage inwards a bottle, together with a dandy choice if y'all don't desire to acquire messy amongst the existent stuff.

After that, I painted the background greyish together with kept adding to a greater extent than color to the flowers. There were several points when I felt similar it only wasn't coming together, but yesteryear right away I know that this happens amongst almost every painting. The play a joke on is only to proceed going yesteryear the 'give up' point.

After adding a few to a greater extent than flowers, I eventually got fed upward amongst my goopy spray painted thrift shop frame (after icon it argent together with and thence white), thence I pried the cardboard sail out of the frame amongst some pliers.
There were well-nigh 50 staples belongings this affair inwards the frame, thence that was fun.

These three hours of my life HAD to amount to something.

I searched the solid for a meliorate frame to use, together with decided upon the i that was sitting on the mantle.

And finally...success.

Here's a closeup, thence y'all tin give notice run into all the details. In summary, all I did was describe circle later circle, together with add together layer later layer, together with and thence smudge a piddling dark together with a piddling white hither together with there. I used the original fine art every bit my guide, together with and thence form of ventured away from the original every bit I added to a greater extent than layers.

I actually dearest the agency it turned out. And it kinda freshens upward the mantel.

I've been thinking the living room needs a piddling color lately, together with I'm only actually drawn to pinks together with oranges together with purples.

Call me crazy.

And spell we're on the dependent champaign of the living room together with pink, recollect when I found this rug at the salve shop for $60 dorsum inwards May?

Well, I've been hoarding it e'er since, together with I thought y'all mightiness bask learning well-nigh what I refer to every bit 'The Great Theraflu Incident of 2014'. Basically, imagine a giant fluorescent yellow stain on the Moroccan rug, together with us having to send it similar piddling ants all the agency to a professional person carpeting cleaning companionship (after failing to acquire the stain out on our own).

So, long floor short, the pinkish carpeting ended upward inwards the living room for the week, but alone temporarily until the Moroccan fella comes home.

It's totally crazy, occasionally makes me experience similar squinting, together with I'm pretty certain Jesse views this every bit penalization for the 'theraflu incident'.

But, inwards all truth, I may never abide by a permanent identify for this carpeting inwards the house, thence I thought it would live on squeamish to give him his 24-hour interval inwards the sun, fifty-fifty if only for a moment.

And if nil else, moving materials approximately got me inspired to start working on a gallery wall for inwards a higher identify the sofa, together with to start my hunt for a decent java tabular array (to forestall 'Theraflu Incident: The Sequel').

I accept no updates on either, but frankly, deciding to start felt similar its ain accomplishment.

I know y'all understand.

Also of note: I attempted to flatten out the carpeting amongst a box of dominos. It did non work.

Anyways, I form of went on a carpeting tangent, but let's convey it dorsum approximately together with recollect that this post is well-nigh repurposing thrift shop art....which sometimes involves hosing it off inwards the sink together with crossing your fingers that the H2O won't melt it.

Thanks for beingness here, ya'll.

I'll live on dorsum whenever I accept to a greater extent than to share.

'Til then!

P.S. For to a greater extent than gilded foliage fine art ideas, acquire here.