Saturday, June 20, 2009

Before and After

Recently when we were in New Mexico, I purchased this ceiling tin at a boot shop. I love the weathered texture but didn't care for the cowboy picture which was on the tin.

So I stripped off the picture and painted the center part of the tin - first white, then red, then tried to tone down the red and finally decided that I liked it red - gives the kitchen a POP of color! At first I was going to use a greeting card, but found a wooden cutout that I had in my 'treasure closet' and decided that it would be a better choice.

It is a cutout of St. Pasqual - The Patron Saint of Cooks (I need all of the help I can get!!)


At a garage sale, I found some little star nails and thought that the tin would look good hanging on one of those cuties. Sorry the after picture is not the greatest, but you can see a big change! I like the new look.