Thursday, February 25, 2010

Here are a few of my previous black and white film photos. I hope to take another roll soon as I have just found a darkroom nearby to rent!
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Sunday, February 21, 2010

This thrift store find I absolutely love. The only thing I don’t like about it is that I could only buy one.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
This past weekend I took some pictures of some accessories being sold at a boutique my friend works at. The snow made for an interesting back drop.



Thursday, January 7, 2010

I found some magnetic letters at the store for like 50 cents a package so I decided to take them home and make them mine. Some black spray paint did the trick.


Instead of putting the letters on the fridge like most people do I decided to put them on the large metal closet doors that hide the water heater, air conditioning, and furnace.

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I picked up this chandelier from the thrift store for just $8. Its brassy color put me off but I liked the shape and decided I would find a way to change its finish. Looking around the internet I found that several people had spray painted their chandelier, and while none of them looked amazing I decided to do it anyway.

First I took it apart so that I could only paint the metal. If you decide to do this yourself be sure to take pictures like the one above. My chandelier has about 40 parts and it’s hard enough putting it together using a picture as a guide.
I hung the chandelier under a ladder and arranged the metal pieces underneath. I gave each piece three light coats with Rust-Oleum’s brown hammered finish spray paint. I was surprised how much I loved the outcome, it doesn’t look spray painted at all.
Here is the newly painted chandelier in all its brown hammered glory!

(My wall art is wallpaper swatches from Anthropologie.)