Thursday 11 August 2011

goob's room - storage jar

back into goob's room makeover (click here to see all the posts regarding this room project thus far)

today i finished this.....


with a load of inspiration from here.....

pinterest challenge post here - by the lettered cottage -  check out this blog - i love it!!!
 i grabbed an unused jar from my pantry.....



bad photo - but you get the idea - jar originally from woolworths i believe (?!) - you can pick up something similar from your coles, target etc etc.

then i got hold of some of these puffy letters from spotlight.....

(you could perhaps use a flat sticker - but i found these good to grab hold of to pull off later - as you will see)

goob and i then stuck letters, numbers & symbols randomly around the jar.
i'm not good with random at times so she had to help!!!!.....

back on the shelf to see how it looked so far...
then i grabbed some of this.....

and in the cold cold garage i started to spray paint all over that sucker!!
i used light squirts - trying not to spray too much that it would run. (it did run a little in some spots - but i tried not to panic! - you can't really see it unless you get up close and personal!)

i sprayed 2 coats with the jar the right way up - then 2 coats with it standing upside down (making sure paint got on the underside of all the letters and numbers etc) - then 1 last coat right way up again. (it's a personal thing - just do it until you think the coverage is good enough)
i waited until it was touch dry between coats.
(i also used a little heater in our garage at times - as it's been freezing again down here - and i'm impatient - and wanted it all to dry faster!)

here's after the first coat.....


and here's after i finished spraying and it was all dry.....

i then pulled off all those stickers carefully - using my fingers and a small pair of tweezers where needed.....


some little bits of the foam letters got left behind in places.....


so i pulled out the tweezers and gently scratched and picked at the edges where needed.....


then i gave it all a wipe with a slightly soft damp cloth and then dried it down - and the results were great.....



and the jar (with lid screwed back on) was done!!!


but wait - there's more!!
this is what we planned to store in the jar.....

goob's stash of nail polish!
as the bottom of both the jar and the polishes are glass - i decided to just add a little padding to the bottom of the jar (it's a tall jar - and dropping in the polish straight onto the glass didn't sound safe!)
i grabbed some of my stash of felt and traced around the bottom of the jar with a pencil.....(if i didn't have felt - i was thinking i'd just use some tissues or some cotton wool - just something for a little padding).....


.....cut that circle out with scissors.....


.....and then lay that circle inside at the bottom of the jar.....

trust me - there's a circle of white felt covering the bottom of the jar - i promise!!
and i then gently loaded in the stash of polish bottles to the bottom of the jar.....


and - we are done. that sucker is now all finished on goob's 'new & improved' bookcase (upgrade of the bookcase blogged about here).....


all pretties - yes???!!

note:  i didn't use any other paint or finish other than the white spray paint (ie no primer). this jar won't get handled a lot - so i believe that this coverage should be adequate......i'll let you know if this all ends in failure!! for now the paint looks good - general handling appears to be fine - we'll see how it goes.

a before and after........

 the jar now hides the nail polish - but keeps it well contained and within easy reach.

the bookcase 'bits' are almost finished (ie - the stuff that is going on those shelves!!).

hugz from me.
cheryl xox.

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4 comments:

  1. Great project! I can think of lots of other uses for this idea.

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  2. You have excellent ideas!!! Thank you for the jar idea and the faux glass dome idea. Just helped me out with a cheaper cost than those glass domes that cost a fortune for my paper sculptures. :D

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  3. Love all your projects. It's amazing what your able to do with such limited supply's. You really are resourceful.

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  4. Practical, attractive and recycled - I love it!

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