I enjoyed doing the giveaway. I don't plan on it being a common occurrence, but I will definitely do another one later in the year.
I've had my trusty can of paint out again! In our hallway we have a lovely big mirror. I've been looking at it for a few days now,and pondering painting it.
well, yesterday it was nice and sunny and I seem to be urged to paint on such days. Here is the mirror, complete with Dudley's reflection.
Ooh, I must point out that I'm not a nitwit who keeps a vase of flowers on the radiator, I'd just changed the water and they were en route to a bedroom. Once painted, I got out my little bit of rumpled sandpaper and scuffed up the edges. Just to give it that 'been around for a hundred years' kind of look. After taking this photo I scuffed it up a little bit more.
I have tied the garland of cream roses to the fixtures on the wall, because I don't want them to move from their position. I shared of photo of the mirror a few weeks ago,but I'll show it again so you can see it before it was painted.
As I started painting I wasn't sure if I would like it. My dream mirror would be a beautiful antique French mirror like this..
.. but with a price tag of over £1,000 it's simply not an option. Once I continued painting and then scuffed it with sandpaper, I was really pleased I'd done it. It seems to look bigger now, which is no bad thing. And it's much cheaper than buying a beautiful French one. That will have to wait until I win the lottery!I need to scrape some paint splodges from the mirror now, to tidy it up and finish it completely, but other than that, it's finished.
My next project will be a bit more time consuming. I have an armchair that I want to make covers for. At the moment I'm thinking it's a brilliant idea, but I suspect when it comes to doing the sewing and fitting I might think otherwise!