Welcome to another edition of Trashy Tuesday, where we talk Trash, Literally……
If you are a regular of this series, then you will remember my HUGE announcement last week about NOT bringing home more trash! I am happy to announce that I did not bring home more trash this week, (except for once, I slipped because my friend texted me that there was a HUGE dumpster outside her neighbor’s house and that they had a PILE of junque furniture on their lawn). Well, I couldn’t just ignore this could I? I did bring home this:
I know, I know. You see chewed up by dog piano bench. I see this:
Maybe we will meet somewhere in the middle.
In the mean time. I did promise to show you a “Junque Redoux” each week. So here is my first one! I have been busy Redouxing Junque. Already I am making a nice dent in my garage. Do you remember my friend “Bad Luck Mirror” from the Apartment Dumpster about a month ago?
I pulled the glass out, cleaned off the backing behind it, then carefully unscrewed it from the frame. I painted the backing with a good coating of primer, then several coats of chalkboard paint. In the meantime, I laid this giant frame on the floor of my garage, grabbed a giant chip brush and CeCe Caldwell’s California Gold.
I “pounced” it into all the detail. It was SO HOT the day I was painting this, that by the time I was finished going all around the mirror, it was practically dry. I went over it a second time. I finished with a good coat of CeCe Caldwell’s Clear Wax and some dark wax for detail.
This frame was feeling so ashamed of it’s broken and battered interior that it wasn’t ready to fully step into the limelight when I took it’s picture.
It started to relax a little as the photo shoot went on…..
We went inside for a change of scenery, still too shy…
Finally, we revealed almost our of our beautiful new look.
By the time we both got down to Paris Flea Market, the chalkboard was feeling quite full of itself. It demanded to be placed on the outside of my area, leaning against a shutter divider. It whistled at the ladies as they shopped. It was making such a scene that it didn’t take long to get picked up. It went home with someone after only about an hour of sticking around. It didn’t even look back or say goodbye as it strolled out the door with it’s new owner!
Wow, give some junque a little CeCe Caldwell’s paint and before you know it, your former junque is batting it’s eyelashes at passers by!
The moral of the story is, if you didn’t break the mirror yourself, the bad luck won’t follow you home. And, if you give the mirror a makeover, it will walk out on you before you have even have a chance to tell other people how gorgeous you made it.
C’est la vie.
Linking up this full of itself junque chalkboard at these respectable establishments:
Oh how awesome is that frame! No wonder it was scooped up quick as a wink!
Karen, this is gorgeous and I love how you worded your post! Another fabulous job!!
He is a hottie – no wonder he was scooped up! I hope at least he bought her dinner first!
Kelly
Lucky score.
Bliss
🙂 Love the story of the mirrror – and the redoux you gave it!! And I NEED that piano bench in the worst way! Seriously, we don’t have a bench for our piano and I would just LOVE to find a free one I could redoux. You have all the luck! of course if I would actually get out and go looking it might help. I just want the stuff to walk up to my door and let itself in!!
Bravo!
Its beautiful! When you use the chalkboard paint do you season it as well? And if you season it, do you then wash it with water? or just wipe it with a dry cloth?
Thanks so much.
Very nice! I love how it came out, congrats on the sale too!
What a gorgeious frame! I can see why it got snatched up in a heartbeat! Lucky for you the people who had it couldn’t see beyond a broken mirror to see the diamond in the rough. Lovely!
Deborah
Wowzers! What a find. That frame is awesome!
–Katie
That is beautiful! Glad he walked out the door with somebody else before he brought you grief. HMMM–I think I got off track there, smile.
Wow. It’s amazing what paint can do. You did a fantastic job on this mirror, no wonder it went fast.
Leslie (aka Gwen Moss blog)
What an ingrate and little snob she was–not even to say good bye. Hmff.
HaHa, Catherine
LOL! She was truly a My Fair Lady project. 🙂
xo Heidi
that mirror got attitude, yes?
i had to read paris flea market twice cuz that’s where i’m headed this weekend in france! what a fun group of sellers, and you with the best hair in blogland.
hope you’ll stop by and follow if you aren’t already!
smiles.
michele
Love this! Love that frame! I can’t believe someone threw it out!
LOVE this makeover Karen!!