Purchased 13 years ago at some random yard sale–I remember it was at the back of the garage and cost four or five dollars–and it made the living room at 544 look larger ever since. The frame was dark woodgrain plastic, but it was a pretty good fake and worked well in the room. Here, though, we have so little wall space that I was having trouble finding a spot for it, so it leaned against the wall for three months. I finally found a spot, but the dark frame wouldn’t work, so I went paint shopping and settled on Rustoleum textured in “Caribbean Sand”. I got white primer and matte clearcoat.

I forgot to take a picture before I started because I was on the phone with Dad when I was cleaning and taping it, but here it is primed.

I covered the mirror with some ugly Christmas paper left over from two or three years ago.

Now, two coats of paint. Not exactly the right colour, but it’ll blend in well enough, I think.

The paint is textured, and has tiny dark specks. Kind of like a white sand beach; hence, Caribbean Sand.

I’ll let it dry overnight and clearcoat tomorrow. We’ll see!

I also dyed the fabric I’d got for the dining room chairs; the green wasn’t as dark as it had looked on eBay, and I had dark green dye (lol). Still wet, but hopefully the colour will be right.

Got a 4′ palm and a sanseveria in a 10″ pot at Walschwitz, too! Ten bucks for the palm (Easter promo), and thirteen for the sans. Probably kill the palm, but I’ll do my best. Three little plants; a baby sans, a peperomia and a Hypoestes. No pots for them yet…new project?

EDIT: There. Clearcoated with Krylon flat finish, which looks a little wet because I just applied it, but dries fast and does dry matte. The daylight gives a better idea of the colour; I was painting last night (and most grateful for the 4′ fluorescent lights P had installed when we moved in).