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Saturday, February 9, 2013

Dinning room to Craft room transformation.

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!

9 comments:

  1. Awesome 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.

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  2. Just 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.

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  3. Beautiful!! So now do you have two craft rooms? Awesome!!Love the color of the walls too!

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  4. Actually 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.

    And Thank You everyone for all your nice comments. I do appreciate you all.

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  5. 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!

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  6. Great job , but do me a favor and be care full.
    Im impatient also.
    DawnRI

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  7. 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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