Little Revamp

   As I may have mentioned in a previous post, if not, I will in future posts…We updated our entry way. The walls were tan when we moved into our house in July 2013. The trim was nothing to brag about, it was stained in sections and not in others. To say the least it was not very welcoming, and it needed to go! Right before Christmas I decided it was going to be a present to myself! It was as simple as that…I grabbed the gray paint out in the garage and within a couple hours the walls were gray! 

   The trim is what took the longest…because I had the wonderful idea of painting all the trim white! To say the least, it was well worth all the long nights and weekends! We also repainted the ceilings because there were marks on the ceiling, don't ask me how marks get on the ceiling!

   Now, I walk in our house and LOVE it! It is so welcoming and that is exactly what I was going for! The next project was getting the entry way decorated! I love all of my million projects, but what I ultimately love the most is getting to decorate after all my projects are complete! 

   For starters, I knew the closet had seen its better days and instead of hiding it…I was going to show it off! I did exactly that, I used my chalkboard paint and made the back wall into a new chalkboard. {Who doesn't love chalkboards?} Then I had this metal 3-tier bin that had been sitting in our garage for sometime. I found it and only had to pay $2 for it. The guy that I bought it from could not believe how excited I was. {He probably would have paid for to take it off of his hands.} I had a vision for it and I wasn't picturing anywhere in my own home, but I must say I sure do LOVE it! When I first picked it up, it was filthy! It was rusty, covered in spider webs and filled with dry leaves. I took my wire brush and went to work…within 30 minutes it was looking much better. I ended up using a rustoleum primer in order to stop the rusting/slow it down and to make sure that my top coat would have something to grab. After a couple coats of rustoleum white top coat it didn't even look like the same item! 

   I painted the front of the bins with a chalkboard paint, just to make it "pop" and make it more decorative! I am a fan of chalkboards, they had a little fun to home decor! I will be able to mark each level which just helps with organization, rather than a bin full of JUNK!

   I have to say the transformation of the entry way, the closet and the metal bin…I LOVE each and every thing about it! I enjoy taking items out of my garage that many would call junk and turn into something of a masterpiece in our home!

Happy Sunday!!

Enjoy :)