before & after pictures

if anyone knows me, they know that i love spray paint and have a whole garage full of it...all colors, all kinds :). i. just. love. spray. paint. i love transforming old things into new. you can spray paint just about anything ya know ;).

well, my friend kallie started a blog with her friend called, all things thrifty {be sure and check it out, it's an awesome blog} and has inspired me to do a lot more 'projects' lately! i decided to post some of these 'projects' so you could see how fun it really is...and what some primer and a can of spray paint can do! i just LOVE before and after photo's. so here ya go...

old shelf with sliding doors...
before
shelf with sliding doors after! i primed and painted it with the coolest color blue, antiqued it with a little glaze, then drilled some holes and added some fun hardware i found at hobby lobby {i HEART hobby lobby by the way}. we now use it to store towels in our master bathroom.

ok. this old, yucky ottoman looks disgusting before...

but look at what some paint and fabric can do! here's the after....

i primed and painted the top black and added some cool grey and orange fabric i found at ikea to the bottom {the fabric matches our grey & orange living room perfectly. wahoo}... and here's some small night stands i bought at ikea. this is what they looked like before... and this is what they look like now after some black paint and new hardware...

old brown chair in the garage {before}...

new yellow chair for our loft after...

old 70's lamp in the garage before...new fun lamp in my room after! {i know, it's pink. my husband is the best for letting me put this next to my night stand in our room}...

and here's an end table i found last week at a thrift store...

before {sorry about the pic, like a lot of the before pictures, it was taken with my phone}...

end table this week after i primed & painted it and added some fun hardware {again, hardware found at hobby lobby}...
old random chair before...

new funky chair after!...our dresser before...

our dresser after...

small sewing machine table before...

new hallway table after i primed, painted and antiqued it {i still need to put some pics in the frames...oh, i painted the frames too :)}...

another old brown chair {i had two of these} before...

a fun blue chair after...

bathroom medicine cabinet before...

bathroom medicine cabinet after! our upstairs bath has a beach theme if you can't tell ;). i painted this bad boy lime green and bought some surfboard hardware for it online...

and lastly...an old brass lamp before...

and here's the after {i spray painted it silver and re-did the shade with some funky fabric}...

thanks for the inspiration, kallie & brooke!