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| Photo Source: Pottery Barn |
While wandering around my local HomeGoods, I noticed a ton of “silver” sea themed home decor items. I fell in love, but not with the price tags… even at HomeGoods. What can I say, I’m cheap! Pottery Barn has a silver sea creature theme, too – but OH MY GRAVY those prices are REDICULOUS.
What’s a girl to do?!
Simple. Go to Michael’s and buy a $2 giant Sugar Starfish and a $1 Lions Paw scallop shell with coupons, of course!
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| Pretty Sugar Starfish! |
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| Lion's Paw Scallop |
Stop into Home Depot for a $3 can of Rustoleum “Bright Coat” Metallic Finish. You can see in the above photo that I gave the creatures a quick blast with some leftover spray primer I had around the house. I figured it would help the “metal” shine more.
Now attack them with the silver spray paint. Go with very light coats, allowing them to dry about an hour between. I have 3 coats on my creatures and I am pleased with the finish. I only coated the outside of the Lions Paw because I loved the natural colors of the scallops’ insides. I have plans to polish it up somehow, but I haven’t figured that out yet.
Let dry and put where everyone will see it! I mounted my starfish on the wall by using a small 3M Velcro picture hanger.
You can see the scallop on the vanity. It doesn’t have quite the impact the starfish does, but I love it all the same! |
| My favorite picture of Xiris and the kids. |
