First up, a mirror my Mom gave me to hang over the buffet in my dining room. (Try to ignore the messy garage....)
I think the size is wrong, but I have another place in mind for it. The finish is so bleh to me though. So I just taped it up and spray painted the frame a satin black. I am super pleased! You just have to hang around for another post to find out where this gem is going to live in my house!
Next, I found this little lantern at Tuesday Morning in the non-returnable, its-broken section. It had one pane busted out which didn't bother me since you can't really tell. The problem was the frame is made out of aluminum that at one time was some sort of Nestle product. It was hideous! (I already taped the glass before I remembered to take a picture.)
I decided to do oil-rubbed bronze on it. I am over-the-moon excited about how it turned out. The uniform color brought out the detailing at the top that was completely lost with all that busy pattern before.
(The above picture is more of the true color. This picture picked up the red in the color that you really can't see most of the time.)
Both projects cost me a total of $8. I had the paint, the mirror was free, and the lantern was super marked-down.
I found a similar lantern at Pottery Barn for Over $50.
(Picture from Pottery barn's website)
Thanks for reading! Updates to come where these two projects ended up in the house.
