Restful Whites

Give a girl a quart of chalk paint, and she goes crazy. I told you I'd probably

walk around with a paint brush and paint anything that got in my way...

I know myself well. Here are a few ways I spend an hour during the past week:

 This used to look like this:

Notice the chippy-in-a-bad-way edges.

Presto-change-o - GONE! (ish)

I could visualize this piece painted white the moment I saw it.

It will go in my dining room on a gallery wall with mirrors,

frames, and other odd pieces like this angel-shelf:

It's made of terra cotta, and at one time I had painted it a dark olive green.

A few minutes and a little chalk paint, and a whole new look!

I can't help but think of Rosemary when I see this painted white.

Sorry I didn't photograph it green, though. 

Here's a before of another terra cotta piece. 

I actually bought two of these little planters for a buck each.

They looked like this before painting:

And this after Annie came to the rescue:

You can still see hints of the gold if you look closely:

I was tempted to leave this pretty wood bowl natural...

but my obsession with white paint won out. 

Look what I discovered while sorting things 

for my garage sale next month:

Of course they won't go in the garage sale

after being given new life via a coat of ASCP Old White.

They'll go in my modern-primitive bedroom. 

Which is where I'll be heading in a little while to catch up on some

reading and some sleep. I need a good night's rest. I wish the same for you, my friends.

Word for the Day:

Isaiah 57:1-2

The righteous man perishes,

    and no one lays it to heart;
devout men are taken away,
    while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;
²      he enters into peace;
they rest in their beds
    who walk in their uprightness.

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