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Yesterday’s cliffhanger is about to be solved. I love plaster-look objects and after I painted the bird, I used the rest of the can of matte white spray paint and made:
I had a blank spot on top of the armoire, in the guest room, that I wanted to fill with something cheap, maybe even temporary, until I found something I love. The bottles did the trick . . .
How-To:
This project was simple, and I certainly didn’t re-invent the wheel here. I think I’m the millionth person to spray paint a bottle!
I hauled the bottles out into the garage. I placed them spouts down, on a piece of cardboard, and gave their bottoms a few light mists of Tremclad Matte White Spray Paint. After 48 hours, I flipped the bottles over and sprayed a few more light coats. I ended up needing a second can of paint, because my dark glass bottles needed more paint for coverage. I recommend clear glass bottles because they require much less paint (and effort).
I primed a few, first, for comparison and found that just painting was good enough for lazy old me. But do a coat of primer if you find that your items need to be a little more durable.
The only trouble is, after I painted the bottles, I realized guests store the pillows up there. Oops. Now I’m not so sure. But then I spotted this 2011 installation by Matthew Brannon on mint and now want a whole wall of bottles, with some painted different colours. We’ll see where this goes . . .
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| Photo via mint |
love it! so nice and clean looking.I did something similar with my bottles a few months ago, but gave the bottles a dipped look (because I can't help but make things tacky…haha): http://sandpaperandglue.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/a-little-somethin-somethin/
Ooo, I'll have to check that out! I tried doing a dipped look, too. Mine didn't turn out 🙁 I'll have to share, because it was a little funn!
They look awesome! It always amazes me what a coat of spray paint can do! I love that bottle wall!!
Thanks! I know, spray paint can do amazing things.
Just lovely. I hope you continue adding to the collection!
Glug glug. I'm workin' on it. Wine with breakfast, anyone?
omg I love this idea :)they looks so good
Thanks! You are so chic, I'm thrilled you like them!
OMG! Tanya, you totally read my mind lol. This was my "to-do" diy project fort this weekend! Now that i see you're bottles, im even more confident to do it! Any outdoor spray paint is fine right?
I have only used Tremclad and Krylon brand and both work well, as long as you follow the instructions (they really vary). I think a primer is your safest bet, but I found this Tremclad paint worked well without it. There are spray & primer in one's that are really cool.
awesome, thanks for the tips 🙂 any decorating plans for this weekend?
No problem, I'm happy to help! Not this weekend – I have some thrifting, de-cluttering, etsy-shop opening, and road-tripping to do first! Details this week . . .
Exciting!!! Keep us posted 🙂
Looks good but I agree a fancy wall of bottles would look cool! That's a lot of wine drinking!
I am up for the wine drinking challenge!
Hihetetlen, hogy egy borosüveg és festék kombinációjából mit lehet kihozni! Gratulálok!
Köszönöm! Örülök, hogy tetszik!
Cute! I'm sure the pillows can be stored elsewhere 🙂
Thanks! I like how you think 😉
What an awesome idea! Love it!!! And like Amy said, I bet your pillows won't mind finding another place to call home 😉
I have some empty bottles and I absolutely love the this look! What a gorgeous vignette! 🙂
Looks good! I'm going to share this with my friend who's got lots of wedding centerpieces to work on this month. 🙂
Great idea! I love this for a wedding.
Any idea who makes the wall shelves?
The artist and where I found the image are both linked 🙂
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