a very Seafoam weekend

I spent the weekend with my boyfriend and his family at their home in Rockland County and I am obsessed with the interior decorating of this house. I love everything from the handmade furniture John's dad built, to the colorful pottery and dried flowers his mom sets out. Lovely home, lovely weekend. xo.

upcycled jewelry box

I'm not exactly sure if "upcycled" is the right term for this project, but you'll see what I mean. So, I found this old jewelry box out by the garbage at my mom's house and decided I could give it another use. A whacky tincture station for my whacky sister.

I had to keep reminding myself it was going to be a gift for my sister, and not myself, but I ended up painting it colors that I would like anyway.

This project took a bit of time, but mostly because I didn't have a set plan and was making my mind up (and changing it) as I went. The cost was completely free because I had the materials all laying around the house and the jewelry box itself was found in the trash.

Here are the basic steps I took: I Removed all the hardware and then lightly cleaned and sanded the wood.I used a glue gun to line the drawers with chocolate brown felt. With some tape I was able to block off my pattern and then I painted it with acrylic paint. When the whole thing was dry I went over it with a gloss medium to help prevent it from chipping. Then I cut out some birds from my Life of Birds book and glued them in there too. I got rid of the 'stained glass' door and added some pastel and lace fabric. I put back some of the original hardware and that was that. 

See, isn't it whacky?