Brick Wall

Despite the heat today, I decided to give painting my block fence a try.
I bought a gallon of brick/concrete paint in a color called "baked clay"
(mostly it looks like sandy grey) and I am custom mixing my colors.
I check places like Walmart and Lowes for mistinted paints or buy the little samples
and mix that into one cup of the brick paint.  That gives me enough for about
four stripes of paint.  Very experimental -- and I'm having fun doing it! :)
(Talk about a hippy kind of thing!)

My plan is to put up the basic stripes in mostly earth / desert tones,
and add in some smaller stripes of color, darker and/or more colorful after.
One thing at a time.  Like they say:  Don't be afraid of color, BE BOLD!
*laughs*

Block Fences

I have a concrete block fence in the back.  Lots of it.  and I've been wanting to paint it.  But no matter which color choice I've picked out, when I actually get a sample of it on the fence... well, it just looks boring.  So I searched on the net, trying to find samples of anyone else who got creative with a block fence.   A mural is out of the question... I'm just not that good!!  So I thought, why not stripes?

 

The top picture would be a realistic version of how it might appear, but I like the pattern and color scheme of this second picture.  

The third picture would be very artsy looking, but maybe too much when its 25+25+40 feet long, and six feet high?

If anyone else has painted concrete, or if you have any thoughts or ideas, I sure would love to hear from you!  

Drop me a comment!

A Kitchen Update

Because there isn't much you can do with pressboard cupboards to make them look good, I opted for another coat of paint.  Agonizing over choosing a color scheme took a bit of time.  Once decided, removed the doors, and sanded them lightly since I didn't know how old the paint was, but it was shiny with time. Toasted Coconut, Early Spring Fawn and Flaming Red Hot are the colors. 

 In this picture, you can see the new color on the left is warmer.  

Opted to strip the layers of paint from the hinges and leave them natural. 

 This first small cupboard, I painted the back wall in red, 

thinking I will leave the door off, and use this one to showcase my Pyrex collection!

 And the real work begins, taping off the trim board, 

and beginning to disassemble the doors, paint the interior cabinets. 

 Oh boy, everything back in the cupboards!

Living with everything parked on empty surfaces

was a very long week!

 Off to the right of the kitchen is a small dining area,

and this shelf of antique this and that's got a coat

of the red trim color as well!

Repurposed Bowl

I started with a clear "fish bowl"  and added some layers of paint:

Mellow Yellow first, then some quick stripes of red and a tan.

I covered the first layer of paint with some string, then painted it with a Krylon brown texture paint with copper fleck

With a little imagination, and a plan, its easy to create!
Picking up vases at a garage sale or thrift store makes it easy;
along with a little spray paint, you can make them match,
and create an arrangement for your home !
(I'll add another picture when the set is complete! )