DIY How To Easily Update Thrift Store Art

Hey ya'll! Well, nosotros are even thus inwards the throes of laying tile inwards the basement. It's going along at a decent pace, thus I'm hoping to select a few in-progress pics to demo yous eventually. They may non live pretty pics, but I'll demo yous anyways.
Jesse has been doing most of the heavy lifting, thus piece he's been busy downstairs, I've been working non-stop trying to complete upward the balance of the upstairs.

It's a bargain nosotros struck.
He got the brusk halt of the stick.

The 'rest of the upstairs' basically includes the invitee bathroom, invitee bedroom, laundry room, hallway, as well as several projects I started inwards the principal bedchamber (and never finished) dorsum when I was trapped back there for 8 months.

So, basically, I'm actually practiced at biting off to a greater extent than than I tin chew, starting 45 projects at once, as well as and then feeling similar I powerfulness halt upward giving myself a Lena Dunham haircut, circa the halt of Season 1.

So, this past times weekend, I allowed myself a lilliputian downtime. I wore flannel pants for 48 hours, watched movies, ate Papa Johns as well as behaved similar a full waste materials of space.

Obviously Cheese is real affected past times my energy.
Meanwhile, Tootie doesn't know I'm alive.

I lastly felt a lilliputian to a greater extent than relaxed on Lord's Day as well as I decided to brand some art, equally that's something that I truly beloved to do for fun.
Painting a room, non thus much.

I didn't select whatever blank canvases or carte du jour stock on hand, as well as I didn't experience similar going anywhere, thus I dug through the haunted occupation solid room (where I've stockpiled all of the junk from the basement) as well as I establish an sometime thrift shop icon I brought domicile a few years ago.

I wasn't actually all that excited past times the original color scheme, summation it was simply a inexpensive impress (and non manus painted), thus I had no occupation icon over it.
It was besides covered inwards dust as well as I literally had to hose it off inwards the sink. I could blame the thrift store, but nosotros all know it was likely the 8 months of upstairs construction.
Or maybe that simply seems preferable.

For this project, I chose to usage the drawing that was already at that spot equally a starting signal for my painting, as well as I sort of treated it similar a paint-by-numbers project. It's i of my favorite slow fine art ideas when I'm non actually feeling upward to the occupation of creating a floral masterpiece from scratch.

And if you're a existent creative mortal as well as never desire to beak to me again, I'll totally understand.
Just unopen your eyes 'til it's over.

So, starting fourth dimension things first, you'll necessitate some acrylic paints as well as small-scale paintbrushes.

I usage the BASICS Acrylic Paint 36-Piece Set (affiliate link) for almost all of my art. It was most $25, it has every color yous could perhaps need, as well as I've been using this same laid for years.

Next, I mixed a few colors (pink, yellow, as well as orange) as well as and then I painted over the existing flowers, filling inwards each bloom amongst a unmarried color of paint, as well as sort of tracing to a greater extent than or less the edges of each flower.

Next, I used some of my Liquid Leaf (affiliate link) to paint the vase operate of the painting. This materials is similar gilt leafage inwards a bottle, as well as a bully choice if yous don't desire to acquire messy amongst the existent stuff.

After that, I painted the background greyish as well as kept adding to a greater extent than color to the flowers. There were several points when I felt similar it simply wasn't coming together, but past times straight off I know that this happens amongst almost every painting. The play a trick on is simply to give-up the ghost on going past times the 'give up' point.

After adding a few to a greater extent than flowers, I eventually got fed upward amongst my goopy spray painted thrift shop frame (after icon it silvery as well as and then white), thus I pried the cardboard sail out of the frame amongst some pliers.
There were most 50 staples belongings this affair inwards the frame, thus that was fun.

These three hours of my life HAD to amount to something.

I searched the occupation solid for a meliorate frame to use, as well as decided upon the i that was sitting on the mantle.

And finally...success.

Here's a closeup, thus yous tin run into all the details. In summary, all I did was describe circle subsequently circle, as well as add together layer subsequently layer, as well as and then smudge a lilliputian dark as well as a lilliputian white hither as well as there. I used the original fine art equally my guide, as well as and then sort of ventured away from the original equally I added to a greater extent than layers.

I actually beloved the means it turned out. And it kinda freshens upward the mantel.

I've been thinking the living room needs a lilliputian color lately, as well as I'm simply actually drawn to pinks as well as oranges as well as purples.

Call me crazy.

And piece we're on the discipline of the living room as well as pink, call upward when I found this rug at the relieve shop for $60 dorsum inwards May?

Well, I've been hoarding it always since, as well as I thought yous powerfulness relish learning most what I refer to equally 'The Great Theraflu Incident of 2014'. Basically, imagine a giant fluorescent yellow stain on the Moroccan rug, as well as us having to send it similar lilliputian ants all the means to a professional person carpet cleaning fellowship (after failing to acquire the stain out on our own).

So, long even out short, the pinkish carpet ended upward inwards the living room for the week, but exclusively temporarily until the Moroccan fella comes home.

It's totally crazy, occasionally makes me experience similar squinting, as well as I'm pretty certain Jesse views this equally penalty for the 'theraflu incident'.

But, inwards all truth, I may never respect a permanent identify for this carpet inwards the house, thus I thought it would live prissy to give him his solar daytime inwards the sun, fifty-fifty if simply for a moment.

And if nix else, moving materials to a greater extent than or less got me inspired to start working on a gallery wall for higher upward the sofa, as well as to start my hunt for a decent java tabular array (to foreclose 'Theraflu Incident: The Sequel').

I select no updates on either, but frankly, deciding to start felt similar its ain accomplishment.

I know yous understand.

Also of note: I attempted to flatten out the carpet amongst a box of dominos. It did non work.

Anyways, I sort of went on a carpet tangent, but let's convey it dorsum to a greater extent than or less as well as call upward that this post is most repurposing thrift shop art....which sometimes involves hosing it off inwards the sink as well as crossing your fingers that the H2O won't melt it.

Thanks for existence here, ya'll.

I'll live dorsum whenever I select to a greater extent than to share.

'Til then!

P.S. For to a greater extent than gilt leafage fine art ideas, become here.