Y'all know how I love to have fun without spending money. I want to share a few things I've been busy with in the last few days. This is what I think is a plant stand. It is wood, and very sturdy. My husband had it when we married, and it has been stored in the basement for a few years. Not very appealing to me, so I decided to give it a makeover. You can see the water spots, and that it is two different colors of stain. UGLY!! I made some chalk paint from unsanded grout, water, and leftover Behr white ceiling paint, and got busy. I just wiped the piece off, and started applying the paint. I tried to just dry brush it, but I put on two coats, a day apart. I didn't take a lot of pains with it because I wanted it to look old. Then I let it sit a couple of days, and started distressing it a bit. Here it is all finished, and holding some faux plants. I moved it around in several different places t...
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