How to Make an Easy Lemonade Stand and A Paint Giveaway

This post is sponsored by White Knight Paint

How to Make an Easy Lemonade Stand : Part Two

This has been such a great project to complete.  A beaten up old drinks trolley had been in my possession for over a year, waiting to be transformed from ugly duckling to beautiful swan.  The reason it took so long, was that the thought of the work involved, daunted me.  I am not a lover of painting furniture, so it was not something I was chomping at the bit to accomplish.

The drinks trolley had rusty wheels into the bargain, so it sat in the too hard basket for a long time.

Enter a spray can, in the form of White Knight Squirts.  Had I known about this ingenious product a year ago, you may have seen this cute little transformation well before now.

Being the slacker that I am, I was also unaware that chalk board paint could be purchased in a spray can.  The spray cans just made the whole project so much easier and timely.  They dry to the touch in 15 minutes and because the effort to wow factor ratio was low, I also did a chalk board to match the drinks trolley.

From that to this.  Pretty good I think.  I am in love with the intensity of Lemon Yellow and think it is a perfect colour for a lemonade stand.

I went for a Machinery Grey wheel, as I think It looks fab against the bright yellow.  No more rust here.  You can see how I dealt with the rust on the wheels in part one of this project.

The littlest Beach House Brat was beside herself with glee, as she helped me style the lemonade stand.  She has certainly approved it for her sleep over birthday party, later in the year.

So if you are looking to complete some small household painting projects, give White Knight Paints a try.  The suite of products all worked really well and I loved the finish I got with the Crystal Clear Acrylic.  It should help to protect the paint into the future.

I am giving away some White Knight Paints.  If you would like to enter, you can do so here in the comments on this post, or on the other post I did about the preparation for this project, here.  If you have already entered this giveaway,  you can do so again here, for a bonus entry.

This giveaway is now closed.  Congratulations to the winner is Kirsty Girl. Please contact me in 7 days from today's date 12.5.14 in order to claim your prize. Thanks to everyone else for your entry.

This is the same giveaway, as the one I began on 24 March 2014 and there will only be ONE winner.  I will consider the entries from both White Knight posts I have written and choose one winner only.

To validate your entry, you will need to:

Head over to the White Knights Paint website to check out the Squirts range of aerosol coloured paints. Click on the "show available colour range" near the top of  Squirts page. To validate your entry, leave me a comment below, letting me know which is your favourite colour from the Squirts range of paints and what household item you would paint, using the Squirts cans.

Giveaway Terms and Conditionns
This competition is open to Australian Residents only. 

This is a game of skill.  

You MUST enter the giveaway on this BLOG by leaving a comment here on this post about the lemonade stand, or on the White Knight painting preparation post here. 

You do not need to have a Blogger account.  Just sign in as anonymous and leave an email address.  

There is only one prize package and only one person will win it. The prize is as follows:

1x 500ml White Knight Rust Guard Metal Primer
1 x 300g White Knight Rust Guard All Purpose Primer
10 x 310g White Knight Squirts(Colours of your Choice, subject to availability)

This prize is not redeemable in cash.

This competition is open from 24 March 2014 until 2 May 2014 12pm Australian EST.

The winner will be announced on this blog,  Desire Empire Face Book and Desire Empire Twitter accounts and I will contact you, as long as you have left a valid means.  The winner will have 7 days to respond, otherwise the prize will be reassigned.

Good Luck. 

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