About a week ago I was contemplating moving the paper crafting part of my craft room to my dinning room. I was thinking about what a waste my dinning room was and it was beginning to be a catch all room. I know you understand what I am saying. I do not cook and never plan on actually having a formal dinner party, I would much rather have a craft party or would settle for a game night. I do have a china cabinet only because my mom and step dad had it in storage and decided to get rid of the storage so asked me if I wanted it. Sure I have a dinning room now. I said. Well, watch the video to see my so called dinning room.
To start the transformation I painted the chandelier, I do rent this house, this is owned by my land lord but I do think I improved it so hopefully he will be ok with it. I do plan on staying a while. It's only paint.

It was a brown color before. I had no idea how to take it down in order to spray paint it as I was thinking. My sister volunteered her husband to take it down but it would be a week. I am very impatient and wanting it done now so I went to Menards and bought the paint and had to go to Lowes to find the glitter made for paint. I painted it with a brush, while it was still in place, just stood on a kitchen chair. I have no time to be waiting for no man.
This is the little can of paint I used for chandelier and you can see the glitter I poured on top before I mixed it in. You can see the brand of paint in video. The color is Sterling Silver I think it's Rustoleum metalics.
This is the glitter I mixed into the paint for chandelier and walls. My Lowes only carried gold and silver but I think it says it comes in many colors. It was around $6 I bought 2.
Here is the paint color, I brought my Cricut purple end cap into Menards so they could match the paint. They did a great job, it really does match.
Here is the picture I posted on Facebook Superbowl Sunday asking for help from tall friends. I got no takes so I tackled this one by my self on a wobbly ladder I also inherited from my mom's storage. I have 10' ceilings so I had sore legs after taping the ceilings and trim on that awful ladder and then painting 10' walls. Then once the painting was done I had to carry everything down stairs and when you have 10' ceilings there are more steps. So needless to say I got my much needed exercise in for the week.
Here are the finished pictures. I still have more to do, decorate the walls and such, and I would like 2 6' tables so people can come craft with me. Watch the video below to see the room before during and after.
Here is the video!









Your room looks incredible!
ReplyDeleteso beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome job, Melody! I love the glitter in the paint. It looks beautiful on the wall. I never knew there was such a product out there.
ReplyDeleteJust fantastic. I told my husband if we have another child I get the dining room as I new space...he laughed but now I have back up that it works.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! So now do you have two craft rooms? Awesome!!Love the color of the walls too!
ReplyDeleteActually I kinda have 3 now. My old craft room is now my sewing room, my Dinning room is for paper crafting and then I have a small room with lots of windows that used to be a back porch and is now all enclosed, I have my paints and an art easle in there, that is right around the corner of my new craft room.
ReplyDeleteAnd Thank You everyone for all your nice comments. I do appreciate you all.
You did a great job on your craft room. I didn't know you could put glitter in paint. The walls and light look wonderful. I live in a small house so the dinning room never came to be. My daughter has a corner for her do dads, hubby with his tools has a corner, and I have a corner to craft in. Who needs a dinning room.....ha ha!
ReplyDeleteGreat job , but do me a favor and be care full.
ReplyDeleteIm impatient also.
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Oh my gosh that is an awesome room! Love the transformation! You are so funny, I would totally do the same thing about not taking the chandelier down to paint.
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