(Meet Ziggy Stardust).
I recently got an old window frame from the very same thrift shop that I got my wooden crate from. It caught my eye a couple of months ago when I drove by and noticed it propped up against the outside of the shop.. I finally caved in and grabbed it. Originally, I had wanted to turn it into a mirror, but the idea of smashing out the old glass didn't sound like a rad time. I found out online that you could actually purchase a spray paint by Krylon that formed a mirror-like finish, but after searching various Home Hardware's and Michael's I just couldn't seem to get my hands on a can of this magic. I ended up picking up some chalkboard paint from Michael's and figured I'd turn it into a little chalkboard to write my to-do lists and grocery list on as it has eight window panes (one for each day of the week ehe).
After cleaning the years of caked on dust off the windows, I just painted three or four coats of the chalkboard paint right onto the glass with a sponge brush, waiting about half an hour in between each coat. The frame itself just so happens to be my favourite colour (a light minty green - the exact colour I painted onto my crate), and I kind of like how it's chipping off in some parts so I decided against re-finishing the woodt. All in all, I dig the finished product, but still sort of wish that I tackled the project of replacing the glass with a mirror. Perhaps next time!
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