Faux Rust

What the heck are these things?

Any ideas?

I will tell you but first come see what I did with them!

Here they are in all there ugly glory

(and I have more of these, that I need to

find a use for, about 30 more)

 I am into rust these days, so I got this faux rusting kit

it is just paint but hey it does a pretty good job.

After some sanding, it was paint time, looking better already.

 Next you put this glaze on, it is thin like milk

 Blot it off with a paper towel

 Let it dry.....it drys fast and WA LA....

Now I have 4 faux rusted containers

 even the insides are done.  After KC drilled a couple holes to hang them with

We added them to our coat area, in the pantry, to hold small

items like leashes, gloves and what not......

Note: my walls are really mauve, but the flash washed them out 

 Here you can see mine, the ones for the other side will

be installed once I get some anchors for them

So, just what are these things, anyway?  They came from a 

telephone company,  they were covers for some of their equipment.   

NOTE:  My father in law tells me...
"They were used to protect the telephone switches from dust or being hit."

When they updated their system,

they were tossed on the trash heap, KC and his Dad knew 

there had to be a use for them, and I finally found one, 

just, what.......20 years later.   LOL.

I do have ideas for the others, one of these days.

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I love hearing from you.

Hugs and Gods Blessing always

Picture Frame Make Over

Picture Frame Make Over

After last Christmas (2010) I began work on

fixing up my stairwell, which had been

only drywall for several years

You see I have to be "in the mood" 

to do things and yes it took me that long.  LOL.

So I got it papered, 

and this year I decided it was finally time to get to work

on the pictures.  So in January 2012 I got going

but I did not like the picture frames

that the pictures were in soooo

Out came the paint

and the glaze

to change them up a bit.  To sage green with a mocha glaze. 

Much better. 

Here it is mid February and I am still messing around with getting 

this done.....I know I am slow....or is it I am moody.....

can't get in the mood!

Here are a few more things that will be going in there.

Opps, I already have these up.....tee hee

I have to figure out how I am going to hang those frames

that I just redid, some are sitters not hangers so 

I am thinking on doing the brown ribbon like in the little square frames

above.

So..........one of these days.........I will get this finished.

Figuring out how to place the elements can be a bit 

overwhelming, hopefully I will get over my

fears and move on to the finish.

My next project includes these

any guesses as to what they are or

what I am going to do with them?

Thank you for coming over for a visit.

Have a blessed day.