Tuesday, July 27, 2010

a little afternoon fun with a fish and spray paint

now that i have finished my desk, i am going to move on to the mid century dresser that i picked up at another garage sale about a month ago.  more on that later.  but meanwhile, i bought this fish at tuesday morning for $15.  i was driving by the store and thought i saw a ceramic owl in the window.  so i stopped in my tracks and ran in the store really quick to find out it was a fish.  better...it seems like the owl has had its hay day anyway.  look how ugly it was before i spray primed and painted him.  such an improvement!
one thing i learned from my desk painting experience...spray paint fo sho!  well obviously on ceramic, but i'm going to spray paint the dresser too.  hopefully it won't take me nearly as long as the desk!

{before}

{after}
                                                                                                

13 comments:

  1. Love, love, love the fishy!!! Made me smile. :0)

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  2. Excellent job! Could pass for a snazzy Jonathan alder piece.
    Xo
    Amanda

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  3. I agree very Jonathan Adler'esque!! It's amazing what a little spray paint can do! Nice work.

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  4. wow seriously! looks brand new and only $15.00. Great job

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  5. Oh how I love spray paint! It turned out so so good! I love it!!!

    Luvs!

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  6. Yes, the white is a huge improvement. You are so creative! It gives me hope that I can successfully renovate pieces of my house. Thanks for the pics!

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  7. Wow that looks great! I am so bad with spray paint, drips everywhere. Great job on that, it looks brand new.


    Janice (Couture and Crayons)

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  8. Alison..that is a great little DIY project..looks fantastic. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment...very sweet of you...I do hope you swing by again soon. Anna x

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  9. I was the first to see this fish and i told you that it was very UGLY but you said that you can change that, amazingly you did and now it looks so diff. and it totally is fantastic, I acutally love it now after it's total transformation. WOW

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  10. Love it - reminds me of the fish from shelter design!

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  11. Freaking GREAT!! Love it nothing beats white

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  12. that's bad ass fish looks way better than before what if you put some black accents on it or something

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