Never Underestimate The Power of Paint~Part 2

I’m linking to 2nd Time Around Tuesday over at the wonderful blog, A Picture is worth a Thousand Words! This blog party is such fun especially if you’re love a great find or a great re-purpose project!!!

This is a fun redo! One day last week I looked at my hall tree and asked The Husband to haul it downstairs. It’s either going on the curb or I’m painting the thing… We’re still in a recession and I could tell by the look on The Husband’s face I’d be painting.

So I sanded and sanded and sanded…

And I primed and primed…

Then I found this scrumptious color paint…blue willow at Lowes. It reminded me of one of the blues in the ocean. I’m a sucker for blues and teals and greens…a sucker I tell ya.

So I painted blue willow…

It was close to what I was looking for…but nooooot quite.

So I started sanding again…sanding and sanding and sanding…have I told you I have arthritis in my right hand? Sanding isn’t a good thing for me.

After all the sanding…still not quite what I want…nope not quite.

So I broke out some of The Husband’s stain…

Noooow we’re talkin.

A little softer and more subdued but still that scrumptious blue shows softly through…

I’ve been enamored by these ocean side colors …and now I have a little bit right in our little home…

And I’ve put off having to buy something new for the foyer. This is a win-win! I love paint don’t you? What did you do this weekend Peeps?

I’m also linking to Metamorphosis Monday over at Between Naps on the Porch…Great before and afters over there, meander around a bit you won’t be disappointed! And if you have a blog Susan is sharing some good info. on blogs today! Enjoy~

And last but not least, I’m linking to Blue Monday over at Smiling Sally’s! This girl loves her “blue”…I finally got to join in on her love for All Things Blue!!!