Have paint, will spray

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I bought this cute painting from Fifi Flowers. I love the fluffy white puppy surrounded by bright & bold colours :-)

“Puppy Relaxing”

After he arrived, I set out to find a frame for him, but I couldn’t find anything that turned my crank. I looked around the house and happened to come across a frame that we got years ago for our wedding. I stuck him in it to see how he looked.

Not bad, but the pale yellow roses just wouldn’t work. Hmmmm… but it would be easy enough to paint the frame. Kelly at Arte Styling gave me the idea a while back to incorporate some fuchshia (I NEVER spell that word right!) – fucshia… fuschia… fushia… ARGH! Spellcheck please! – FUCHSIA into my dining room. So I pulled out a can of bright pink spray paint that I already had, sprayed on a couple of coats, and voila – a brand new bright pink frame with a little bit of funk factor :-)

The paint has a nice glossy finish.

This little guy is sitting on the sideboard in the dining room now. I’m hoping to have my dining room ready for its big reveal in a couple of weeks. And then I’ll finally be able to share the awesome paintings that I had commissioned by Fifi with you :-) This was the inspiration…

Just a small & quick makeover this time around, but sometimes it’s the little things that make a big difference :-) I did have a moment of guilt about painting the frame, but then I thought, is it better to leave it yellow and tucked away in a drawer, or paint it and put it out on display? Paint it, of course!

Take a look around you right now – do you see something you could bring new life to with a couple of coats of paint? If you do, what are you waiting for?! Go for it!

I’m linking up to Susan’s weekly blog party Metamorphosis Monday over at Between Naps on the Porch. Check it out, I bet you’ll find some makeovers that inspire you :-)

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