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Everything Southern & So Cotton Pickin Cute

Monday, January 2, 2012

From Fence to Bath Decor

This past summer we took our fence fell down.  It was time for it to go, we just wouldn't listen so when a good wind knocked more panels out than we cared to patch, down it came.  But I loved that old silvered wood and just had to hold on to a few pieces till I decided what to do with them.

After painting my half bath, it was time to take the old pictures down and change it up.  I decided to go with a more coastal cottage look.  Casual and relaxed is my new outlook and that led me to making my shelves from the old fence.  These two little shelves couldn't be simpler.  I just free handed the side shape on one piece of wood and then cut it with the jig-saw and copied it 3 more times.
I love this little bird cage candle holder I found at a thrift store.  I beached it up a bit with some turquoise paint and added a little $1.00 flickering tea lite from Dollar Tree.  It makes a perfect night lite.
I mixed a couple of shades of paint together to get the right tone on tone to stencil my design on the wall with my Cutting Edge Stencil that I reviewed a couple of months ago.  You can see that post here.

You can see in the photo I used the pointed end of the picket to make the top of the shelf.  Basically I just cut the wood to build a box on 4 sides and then topped with another picket .  I drilled holes in the back and just slid it on the nails to hang.  I painted them with a dry brush technique by just dipping my brush in white and barely swiping it on.

This is a very small room.  Just big enough for the toilet and sink.  I added a new scented bouquet of dried branches, sticks, etc to freshen up this corner.
I've had this 3 tiered bamboo basket shelf for a number of years and it's the perfect size to fit that tiny space between the toilet and sink.  It's so handy too.

I hope you enjoyed my little makeover.  I'd love reading your comments and would love to know what you think.


Hugs Ya'll.........Tracy :)

3 comments:

  1. Hi Tracy,

    I love that you were able to reuse your old fence! And I especially love that adorable bird cage--that color is so cute.

    Well done!
    Pam

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