Inspired by the post in the Dwell Kit about Sarah's crafty dresser makeover, I thought I'd share my recent bit of craftiness.  Now, I'm admittedly not the craftiest girl around, but I'm pretty stoked on how this turned out.

I had this plain white bust on top of the bookshelves in my little reading nook (aka, the dining room area I don't use as a dining room) and wanted to do something to make it stand out more. I considered painting a canvas and propping it up behind it but I wasn't so sold on that.  Then, after I'd posted some pictures of my place somewhere online, someone suggested painting it.  After making sure it was OK with my mom who'd given me the bust (it's nothing fancy or expensive, but just wanted to be sure), I decided to paint away.


I picked up some fluorescent green and glossy black spray paints and went to town.  My poor little balcony ended up getting green paint dust everywhere despite my best efforts to cover surfaces (I added way more coverage than you see in the pic above), but it cleaned up fairly easily. 

So, the results are pretty good.  I did a good layer of green, re-did that the next day, and then taped off the base and painted that black.  Because I'm not so great at crafty type things, I have some spots that still need touching up (I need to add more green around where the black and green meet) and I over-sprayed/sprayed too close to the bust on her face so she has a bit of a green textured beard, but it's not particularly noticeable from the ground, so I may or may not sand it and re-do it.  I do think I'm going to add a glossy top coat to the green, though.  The black is already glossy but the green only came in one version.


So, yeah!  I think the paint job was a success over all.  In place now it does what I wanted it to.  It's bold and draws your eye upwards (I have nice 9.5' ceilings) and I think it goes well with my slightly wacky (orange naugahyde and stumps...and pink bunny I bought for Easter but can't seem to make myself move!) decor.  :)