What To Do When It Snows...and Snows

After four successive snow/ice storms here in
Texas, it appears we may get back to normal.

While the snow-turned-to-ice made it impossible

to get out, I decided to paint something.

As promised a while ago, I did not use white paint!

I really want to paint one of the kitchen cabinets

this blue/gray color. 

Knowing I was having a little cabin fever, I

decided to try the paint on a few small pieces

first and see how the color looks with the cabinets.

This little do-dad box I pulled out of the garage.
It has been on my Fixin' To Do bin for 4 years.
I bought it at a garage sale in the late 80's and
used it to hold jewelry for years.

 
This little tub was a shiny metal before I painted it 
with chalk paint. I love how the paint sticks to
everything, even slick metal...

I have two larger ones I'm going to do next.

The third thing I painted was an old tray, purchased
at a garage sale a year or two ago. I "shopped" my
garage for it too...

A while back, I bought some Ce Ce Caldwell

paint in a color called Smoky Mountain Gray.

Forget the gray name, because it's really a blue:

The paint was really thick. As you can see, it held
this stir stick straight up without my holding it.
I put some paint in a glass jar and added some
water, which made it easy to use.

This is the first coat of paint on the little tub...

This is a close up of the tray before painting it.

Yes, it was very flaky. I didn't have much hope for

it, so I didn't bother to sand it before painting it.

 First coat of Ce Ce's paint going on:

I was surprised it didn't flake off after it dried.
In fact, a little disappointed...but, I'm going to
distress it and see if some magic will happen.


I haven't decided which cabinet I would paint
(if we did), but the top of the vent cover over the
stove might look good with a little color.

Meanwhile...back at the snow/ice situation.

The sun is coming out and it looks like it's 

starting to melt.

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