The Dreamy Meadow: My First Big DIY Project.... Monique's Takeover!

I'm Monique of "a creative girl, living in a country world" blog, as well as owner of Ajih Creations and this is my post on one of my recent projects.

I like unique items when it comes to almost anything, and had been on the look out for a stand or shelving of some kind that would fulfill that need for the living room. I had at one time seen some nice step stools at IKEA (see below), and thought if I bought three and secured them together that would be a unique piece. But never was totally committed to that idea.

IKEA Step Stool

So, as I continued my search I was then invited to my husband’s cousin’s new home for a barbeque. Now, I had no idea that there is where I’d find my hidden treasure and it goes a little something like this.

The ladies were on the front porch conversing after eating, and I noticed this unique stand sitting on the porch. It was perfect and what I had been looking for. It happened to be a slat wooden flower stand. As I stood around and looked at her several times, with her cob webs in the corners and the wear that was visible seen, I made my move and asked my husband’s cousin if she was planning on doing anything with this. She said, "No, do you want it?" I immediately said, yes and that it was leaving with me that day. She laughed, because she knew I was serious and that evening my baby came home with me and the project was about to begin.

Initially, I had to clean her off because she had been sitting on that porch for years. So, I soaped her down with a wash cloth and sprayed her off with the hose. I knew I was going to have several days of sunshine, so after I sat her out until she was completely dry. I knew that I wanted to paint her a shade of red, but wasn’t sure what shade to do. So,

several days later, my Mom came for a visit and we were sitting on the porch where she was. She said, "Where did you get that from?" I told her the story, and she then said that it was unique. I told her I wanted to paint it red, and she stated that she had some red pant in a dark hue. I told her that I wanted it.

Because of the way the stand was made and how many slats it had, it was going to take some time getting it painted. I purchased two packs of foam pain brushes from the Dollar Tree, in order to get the paint in the tiny spaces along the slats and get the paint evenly distributed.

Beginnng of project

Dollar Tree Foam Paint Bruches

It took me an entire weekend to get the stand painted and repainted, so that there was no spot missed and the color was rich. Didn't she turn out wonderful!