Bookcase for Mia

It took a long time and almost did my head in but this cheap {as in piece of crap, not inexpensive} bookcase was just the right height that I wanted for my daughters room and took me months to find. It was the best one I had seen; slightly pretty, not too tall and ready for a makeover. Of course after I found it, it took me months to decide on a colour. I'm a serious colour procrastinator ... will it be right, will it be wrong? For heavens sake woman make a decision it's a five dollar tub of paint! {It always comes down to a mental telling off}

So first, two coats of serious primer since the bookcase was already covered in stain. This was the stage I discovered that the back of the bookcase wasn't even made of wood but cheap painted plywood. Cue another mental telling off. For heavens sake woman check these things before you hand over the money! Once it was all primed and white I got out the colour I had finally decided on. Taubmans Warbling. I rolled the inside of the bookcase first and stood back to admire. Initially I was going to do the whole thing green but I liked the combination of white and green so much I decided to keep it that way. So back to Bunnings for more plain white paint to cover the primer.

If you want to keep a used paint roller for another coat later cover it completely in a plastic bag, squash all the air out and seal it the best you can. I left this one for a week before I used it again and it was still perfectly wet and ready to go. You don't waste any paint that's left in the roller this way. This was just a small $2 sponge roller but when your doing walls there can be a serious amount of paint in the roller itself. I also use plastic plates and bowls for the paint because there is nothing worse than cleaning paint. I try to avoid it all together.

Two coats of white and green and you could still see the stain through the white. Luckily I decided {was so sick of painting} that I liked it that way. A couple of cute knobs and finally after living in the garage for months it made it to the room. Hear the hallelujahs!

Recent Treasures

You know what they say, one girls trash is another girls treasure. Here are some recent finds, hopefully I'll get round to redoing them soon.

For a while I had been looking for something exactly like this for a specific little project I have in my mind. I found it at a retro {expensive} second hand shop but despite my mad bargaining skills {if you listen closely you can hear my husband scoffing} I couldn't get it down from the $50 price. Way too much, but just what i wanted. 

These were from a local op shop. Stuff like this comes in handy for, you guessed it, baby showers! As well as other tea party style dos. My mum had the exact same glass punch cups when i was little, I thought they were so classy! Now I think they are worth the .30c I payed for them.

I don't know what these little silver plates are for but I thought they would be so sweet as individual cupcake plates.

Or you could do this filled with chocolate mouse, whipped cream and a strawberry on top. Yum.

These were just lying unused around my house. Why yes, I do have a thing for frames. Put them all together and I think they will go great in my nursery do over. 

I like the simple lines of this little baby found at the tender centre. I bid $12 but it was below reserve, they took $16. Not wonderful but good condition and perfect for what I need. 

Stay tuned!