My Grandmother gave me a small set of drawers that held games. It was completely brown and I wanted to find a way to liven it up a bit. I fell in love with a pin that I found where she used lace and spray paint on an old coffee table. You can find her original post on her blog at A Beautiful Mess. I loved this sea green color that she used so I set out to duplicate her work of art.
I looked at multiple thrift stores to try and find an old lace table cloth, but of course couldn't. I also didn't want to pay an extreme amount for brand new lace that would end up ruined. I finally found a tiny piece of lace at a garage sale and bought it for 25 cents.
I wasn't sure how I was going to use this tiny fragment of fabric but I could hear the words of Tim Gunn in the back of my mind, "Make it work", so I did. I literally taped down the piece of lace, spray painted it, let it dry, then had to peel it off and reuse the same piece. I was very nervous that it would run but thankfully it turned out beautifully. I'm actually very proud of this little gem that now holds scrap booking supplies.
That's so cute, Erin! I have an old record player that I'm going to redo soon. I wonder if something like this will work for it, or if it's too much. hmm...decisions, decisions. :)
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