i am blessed to have memories of building this "toy box" along side my dad, in our garage. My dad is amazing at building furniture and woodworking. This "toy box" survived being painted white with teddy bear and flower stencils (a very proud moment for an 11 year old) to being painted brown with a green upholstered top and left as window seat, to the current revamp you see below. I was struck by the urge to redesign and the need to express my creativity and give this the
Grace & Chaos edge!
I took this room's accent color of hot pink and decided to paint this little toy box (now a grown "storage chest"- actually holding pocketbooks and blankets) to make it an eye catching feature instead of an eye sore, catch-all for piling on. I love combining an antique-look with a fabulous, eye popping color. I recovered the top using a black, gray and white damask print upholstery fabric (on sale at
JoAnns) and added the antique handles as an accent to the front and side of the box (which, by the way, I found on
ebay, already painted a distressed white. I got 10 handles for $10! What a find!). ....Heres another budget secret -
HomeDepot and
Lowe's can mix tiny pints (really for "testing" colors) of ANY of the
paint colors out there. So when you only need a small amount for some furniture, dont go splurging on gallons or resign yourself to using only the spray paint colors offered on the shelf.....take that swatch and have them color it for you right there, for less than $5 a container! So if you have the desire for new furniture, but not the budget, look right in front of your eyes and see what is possible with a coat of paint and some elbow grease!
