A Change of Color

Inspired by Turquoise!

Decisions, decisions....

When I come up with ideas like this, I get a little nervous. Painting a perfectly good home accessory is serious commitment...I sometimes have issues with commitment....I mean I like the red. It's really cute in red. It will look really cute hanging in my kitchen with 4 cute mugs hanging on the pegs...the thing is: I want to see it turquoise.

what's the worst that can happen?

I bought this cute "fresh" sign at Michael's on clearance...I think it was under $3.oo.

I gave it two coats of Krylon's Blue Ocean Breeze in gloss. Can I just say how much I love the spray paint from Krylon...from the smooth flawless finish to the ease of use spray trigger...it's a really great product.

There's no going back now!

These are the colors that are predominate in our kitchen...I love all the shades of blue with the green and grey...I think this is a good commitment!

What I liked about the original sign is the distressed finish. I decided to recreate the black distressing over the blue

The process was quite easy. Using black acrylic craft paint, I hand painted all the nooks and worm holes.

Moving quickly, I washed the entire sign in black wiping it back down with a damp towel.

The pegs had great texture, painting on the black...

Wiping it off to reveal the detail

Around the letters I used a very fine brush and carefully painted around the outer edge. This was the only time consuming part of the project


I am really happy with the final result! I love my crate and barrel mugs hanging on it!


As far as projects go, this is really simple. Just a new paint job really.


I hope you're inspired !


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