My Best Friend...Spray Paint!

I have always loved spray paint, but it definitely became my new best friend this summer! Since we were decorating on a budget, it was a lot easier to buy something and spray paint it the color we wanted it, rather than buy something full price and brand new. Also, it's a quick and easy way to personalize something and make it all yours!

One of my favorite bloggers from Three Men and a Lady was one of my biggest inspirations! Here are some pictures from a recent post she did about her new guest bathroom. It is full of things that she spray painted; they were once old, and now look brand new!

She spray painted an old, cast iron bird and it is precious! Here is the before:


And here's the after...is this not too cute??


Here is an estate sale mirror she found. I love it in gold and would look so good in a room with an eclectic style, but I absolutely LOVE what she did. I think anything spray painted white turns out perfect!



Here is the after! Don't you just love the white? Love the contrast between the fancy, curvy mirror and the stark white paint!


This is my favorite thing from her new bathroom because I did something similar! You can find these types of frames anywhere! I have found a lot of them at TJ Maxx and Home Goods. Here is her before:


And the after...LOVE it!


I was silly and forgot to take some before shots (just picture them plain and white before), but here are two things I painted with aqua spray paint I bought at Home Depot. For around $6, I totally revamped a picture frame and a cabinet that I already had! Can't get any cheaper than that!

Here is the picture frame. Love it! It adds the little pop of aqua that I wanted in my living room!


This is a cabinet I've had since elementary school. It used to hold all of my Disney princess VHS tapes, my Pogs collection, and old notes from middle school crushes. It was kind of sad to clean it out and paint it, but I love the way it turned out! Since storage in a studio apartment is limited, I decide to bring this cabinet to store my massive collection of jewelry, and also all of my paints and paintbrushes! I spray painted it the same blue as the picture frame, but sanded down all of the edges to give it a weathered look. After that, I still wanted it to be a little more rustic, so I dry brushed on some black craft paint, then wiped it off quickly to give it a little more depth! I also spray painted the old hardware gold, and used a fun glass knob my mom already had! Here it is:





So, the moral of the story is: spray paint can be your new best friend, too! You won't believe the difference it will make! Happy painting!