From Trash to Treasure...ish

Bought this desk organizer/remote controller caddy awhile back at Goodwill.  I had originally bought it to help my mom make some rhyme or reason to her desk, instead she put all the remote controls to our TV, DVD player and such in it.  I'm sure one day it will make it's way to her desk instead.

Before:

After:

I think it turned out pretty good & it matches our walls perfectly. There were screws in the back so I took it apart as much as it would allow and spray painted the inside first.  This was actually a bit of a pain to paint, had to be oh so careful about not mixing the colors.  It happened a couple places, but they aren't very noticeable.

Paint Used:
Krylon Ocean Breeze (blue)
Krylon Almond (brown/tan)

Cubbies

This past week/weekend has been a nightmare.  All I can really say is that I'm tired of dealing with other people problems when my immediate family (Will included) have enough of their own things to deal with.  I really hope things get back to normal soon.

That being said I tried my best at creating normalcy Monday.  I had a real issue with sleeping so I stayed up a full 24hrs from Sunday to Monday.  I had so many ideas running through my head that I decided that 2am was a great time to get started on a ton of projects, or at the very least get all my ducks in a row.
First thing I did was take before pictures of EVERYTHING since I'm horrible at before pictures I thought taking a group photo of all my goodies at once then individually would be a great idea.  That way when inspiration hits me and I start painting without hesitation I have no worries because photos were taken.  Of course that lasted one day.  I started a new project yesterday & primed an item before taking a photo.  Will says no worries it's still a before, however the gray primer is an improvement on the hideous color this item was.  I like to call it baby poo yellow.

Here is a photo of all the goodies I plan on redoing:

Got all this loot in one day: Lamp, picture cube, light switch cover, desk organizer, shower curtain rings, 2 of the wooden trays, bike basket & the rose candle scones. All of these will be redone.

Yesterday I redid the photo cube & a few days before that I painted the light switch cover gray. The other project yesterday was to take this cubby shelf:

and turn into this cute cubby shelf:

The shelf was $2.99 at Goodwill and all the paint & hardware we already had.  We had 2 gallons of the blue so you'll see it used quite a bit.  The knobs I got off of a shelf my mom had bought but had later broke.  This will later go up for sale, however for now I love it too much so we'll be using it to display some of our shabby nick-nacks.

Cost:


Shelf $2.99
Paint  FREE
Knobs FREE

Never hesitate to look around the house to see what you have, left over paint is a god send.

edit

This is currently where the cubby shelf is hanging out.  Please forgive the paneling, that is a future project.  I'm sure the items will vary when we get new finds.