Monday, February 11, 2013

Cherub Makeover for Valentine's Day

 
Here's one of the cherubs with a makeover, in the box that my sweet hubby made from old barn wood. 
 
 
 
When I visited Ross, several weeks after Christmas, these cherubs were on clearance. Here they are before their makeover. The shiny, silver finish just wasn't quite what I wanted.    However, I thought, why not paint them? 



Here they are after a spray paint of flat white.  I didn't want to buy anything for this project, but used what I had.  I put the little darlings in a box to cut down on spray residue and sprayed outside.

 
After the white dried, I used a small sponge brush and some leftover latex paint, in a dark sage color, and just dabbed it on in spots and wiped with a paper towel to blend.


For the final touch, I used some Rub 'n Buff in Spanish copper, because that's what I had. I used this sparingly and just rubbed it on here and there.  


I kind of like the way they turned out. 
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11 comments:

  1. Hi Kitty, Love the box your husband made. I'm sure you use it a lot and what a treasure. I love cherubs too, you see their little faces all over my home. The cherubs look great! Happy Valentine's Day Kitty.

    ~Emily
    The French Hutch

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  2. They look great in their new finish!

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  3. You did a great job and had the "vision" to see what these could be - very nice!

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  4. Beautiful job on these adorable little angels. They are so perfect for Valentine's day/ XO Linda

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  5. They have such sweet faces. You were smart to know how to give them a new look.

    Great idea to spray them in a box. I will remember that trick. Happy Valentine's Day, Thursday.

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  6. Great job! I love the way they turned out.

    xo
    Pat

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  7. They're so cute now and totally tailored to fit you instead of plain old white. Love them!

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  8. What an easy, but so impressive make-over. I forget sometimes, when I am shopping that a little paint can totally change something that has great "bones". Thanks for the reminder - your cherubs are totally adorable.

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