Krista's Great Big Blog of Everything!

I LOVE IKEA! It's heartbreaking that the nearest one is over 2 hours away. Which is actually much better for my wallet! I could never afford every item on my wish list! Now I can check something off that list! I've been wanting a small table and chairs for my little troublemaker and the IKEA Mammut series is perfect. I was lucky enough to stumble on to one of these at my favorite local thrift shop. The actual one I found was VERY well loved and a bit of a mess. The previous owner was a public notary. I know this because her toddler 'decorated' the table with her notary stamps. Complete with her full name and other personal info. Good thing I'm not a creeper! But that's also why I'm not posting an actual before picture. It was also colored with black crayon and markers. Most of the crayon came off with a good cleaning. But the stamps and markers weren't going anywhere. I went through half a magic eraser on a 5" by 5" square, and after...

So maybe that's a bit dramatic! But I did find this Bakers Rack sitting at the dumpster at our apartments... I didn't get the greatest before pic, but it was a pretty basic black metal bakers rack with a wood shelf. It looked like it had been attacked with yellow spray paint. It was pretty ugly. But nothing a $5 can of spray paint and some stencils couldn't fix!! I taped off the shelf and spray painted the metal with a silver 'hammered' look paint. It took 2 coats to really cover up some of that yellow!      Then after it dried I set off to beautify the shelf! I recently got new curtains for the living room, which are actually shower curtains but that's not the point. Lol. They have a really pretty floral pattern and I love the colors. So I figured why not make the rack match! Here are the new curtains, AKA my inspiration!  I used a sample size of a cream colored paint I had and some stencils I got for $4 at AC Moore. The stencils definite...