these cheerful before & afters come from rachel at heart of light. i love the way she’s used paint to bring new life to simple, thrift-store finds: a worn-out mirror and set of ordinary salt and pepper shakers. inspired by another reader’s before & after on d*s, rachel decided to create a message center with her inexpensive frame by painting it a sunshine yellow and adding a chalkboard. voila! instant usability! rachel’s shakers were inspired by a pepper mill from anthropologie and i think they mimic the more expensive look nicely. well-applied paint always gives things such a nice face lift. thanks for sharing, rachel!
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Wow, that frame project is too cute! Congratulations!
Wow, the shakers are fabulous!
Yea! I love these shakers. They actually inspired me to go thrifting that same weekend. The aqua color was the perfect color choice.
I recently discovered the joys of using spray paint for small projects like this, and I honestly don’t know how I lived without it for so long.
Gosh, those shakers are cute. Nice job, Rachel!
Yippee! Recognition at last – I can’t tell you how much I love Rachel’s blog – she is seriously talented.
really love the shakers.
Love the shakers!
love the frame, and i’ve been wanting shakers–i love those more than anything i’ve seen!
I have those same shakers! So, did you sand them or just tape and spray away?
Bravo! Now I want to spray all the boring browns in my house bright cheerful colors.
Happy notes, happy spices! Nicely done.
She is really creative and I love that she chose bold and bright colors.
GREAT before and afters! I love a good punch of color.
i love blackboards. that shade of yellow is fanatastic!
My Mom has those same s&p shakers. I wonder if she would notice if they were missing? Great projects!
OHHHH!!! These shakes are ti die for!!!!!
I NEED that color now too! What a brilliant idea!
Would D*S recommend any particular brand of spray paint? I’m not familiar with any :(
Like the shakers, but how many chalkboards can be posted on this site!
it’s a cute idea for the first few times, but i feel like i see it every other week on this site. No offense to the very pretty job this person did, but it’s just the number of chalkboards!
found the paint info in Rachel’s blog. Duh!
This is an awesome example of how to refresh older pieces. I like how simple the changes were—simple but so effective!
Awe man! I just spent like $20 or something at Anthropologie for like the exact same Pepper grinders!
You tricky DIY’er, well done!
Also, Yeah! Chalkboards.
Love the Chalkboard frame. I’m doing something just like that. I’ll be hanging it in the office.
What awesome color!! These before and after pictures make me want to run out to the flea market and grab up any random thing to make it awesome.
aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
so yummy !!!
Looking at that chalkboard makes me soooo happy! :)
i love the yellow and blue paint… so relaxing and happy
Love the POP of colors in those two projects!
Great before and afters! Any suggestions for painting furniture would it looking streaky?
Hooray for Rachel! She is the loveliest. Also, I want to lick that blue. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.
We <3 Rachel!
I looove the sunshine yellow! Brings so much happiness to a room. Great projects!
This made me smile. What a lovely surprise. Nice work!
Hi Grace ~
Thanks for linking us to Rachel’s yummy yellow message frame!
And thanks for all your cool before and afters ~ very inspiring indeed!
Cheers,
Carol
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