Flipping Smalls #2

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Flipping smalls take two! These thrifted small decor pieces are a great way to decorate your home on a budget!

Hello sweet friends!

I’m sharing a couple of small makeovers today! Smalls are fun to play around with. The sky is kind of the limit with these. You can do just about anything without too much of an investment or worry that you may mess up, right?

Smalls are great to decorate with too. I love thrifting and snagging a deal when decorating my home. I’ve done it many, many (MANY) times over the years.

I had planned 3 different makeovers but one is a basket that I decoupaged with napkins and it was just way too many photos for this one post. I’ll be sharing that one on Thursday instead.

Flipping Smalls #2 (the mirror)

The first one up is this Dollar Store mirror I’ve had for a few years. I bought it to decorate with and never ended up using it.
I did use this other one that I got at the same time in our office makeover though!

Here is the one I’m making over today. (the one above was exactly like this, a different style that I also painted)

I decided to paint it in Copper Metallic Paint.

 

One coat was all that was needed. It didn’t need to be covered fully.

Once that was dry I did one quick coat of the French Eggshell.

And then I got a damp paper towel to wipe off some of the paint before it dried.

I wanted to reveal the Copper underneath.

Once I was satisfied with that, I used our Gold Metallic to just hit the edges with.

To get the paint off the mirror I just used a little razor. I came right off.

That’s it! A brand new look for this little Dollar Store find.

I love the glimmer of gold.

It would be sweet in any grouping like this. Or on a shelf. You could add it to a wall grouping too.
Lots of things you can do with these small mirrors.

This is where I ended up putting it. (in our laundry room – that yes, we are still giving a mini (sort of) makeover to…new print up top too!)

And you’d never guess you paid $1 for it!

Flipping Smalls #2 (the 3 hanging wall plaques)

I knew immediately what I’d do with these when I bought them at the thrift store.

Paint the indented lettering black…

…then use my micro roller to paint over it in white. Leaving behind the black in the indented areas.

Well boo. That didn’t go as planned!! haha!! The indented areas (most of them anyway, some were deeper than others) were not deep enough.

So I had to go back over them. I used our Antique Brown glaze and some black paint.

I didn’t want it too dark so that is why I added the glaze.

Wax on, wax off. lol No, but really, paint on, then wipe off.

Better.

Some of the “indented” lettering was mostly flat so it didn’t really stay well. That’s okay, I wasn’t going for perfection. I like the little bit of worn look.

I decided to use these florals from the transfer I linked above in the “Materials List” block.

And I positioned them like so.

Ta-da! A brand new look!

They’d be pretty hanging in a bathroom maybe?

Or a girl’s room.

Love them so much better.

There are SO many smalls at the thrift store that just need a little makeover to freshen them up and/or bring them up to date. Or just change them to your liking! Lots of ways to decorate on a budget, for sure.

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Have a wonderful week! I’ll see you right back here on Thursday!

xo