Styling with Shells and a Rustoleum Paint giveaway

Monday, April 8, 2013

Styling with Shells and a Rustoleum Paint giveaway

I am always after new and interesting ways to style shells. When this lovely little cabinet turned up at the Beach House in need of a lick of paint......hi Suzie........I ear marked it for some shell action. Looking at the BBQ table I think that needs a little love too. Mr Beach House where have you been?

As you can see Darren, Suzie's husband, had a go at painting it, Clearly Darren is a very clever man. He must have thought better of it and passed it over to us to have a go. He said something about giving it to the littlest Beach House Brat for her treasures and yes she will have it in her room eventually, but right now it is looking mighty fine filled with shells in the living room. The Beach House Brat thinks so too.

This was an arse of a thing to paint. It seemed to drink paint....yes I know I should have primed it first, but I am lazy like that. All those nooks and crannies, throw in some glass panelling for good measure and this is the kind of thing I would pass on to a friend as well. But not this time, it was a lovely gift and it just needed some love.

I think Darren had tried with a paint brush.....But not me......I have no patience so I used a spray can. My very kind sponsors Rustoleum came to the party and provided me with a can of white gloss to do this job. Rustoleum spray paint is easy and quick to use, the finish has a lovely sheen and they have a great range of beachy colours.

We filled the boxes mostly with shells, but a little sea glass and a few seed pods as well. We have left a few spaces and the littlest beach house brat and I are now scouring the beaches for new and interesting things to add to our collection.

I was going for a vintage plantation look, so styled the shells next to an old wash board, some pineapples and a lovely old vintage wedding photo, which will be going into a gallery I plan on putting together in the hallway, sometime soon.

The little boy in the photograph, is Mr Beach House shaking his new uncle's hand. The attractive woman in the scalloped lace dress is my mother in law. She'd had had four kids by this stage and was still so glamorous.

Not a great quality shot, but I think my MIL looks beautiful in this one. Her dress was red lace and it still exists in perfect condition. She showed us all the other day, at her sister's 50th wedding anniversary party. I am such a sucker for beautiful things.

If you want to make some of your projects easy and a little bit beautiful, you may like to use Rustoluem, I think it's a terrific product, which can turn even the most annoying piece into a thing of beauty.

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This giveaway is now closed. The winner is Cyndie @ Mademoiselle Slimalicious. Congratulations Cyndie please contact me within 7 days to avoid a redraw.

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