So I’m home again and thought I’d slap a few more coats of paint on my most recent project. This project is so easy, I thought I’d up the ante and keep my favorite John Varvatos man-sweater on. 

How the hell do you think Bob Ross kept things interesting?! By wearing his finest squirrel…I mean blouse

I found 2 shelves and a wire mannequin on Tuesday at a local thrift store. Both are potentially for my office. I’ve been procrastinating listing all my coats and shirts for clients because I really think part of successfully selling on eBay is the presentation (and keyword search…don’t try to make a sentence. Just list words that you think people would be searching). You don’t see Anthropologie throwing a blouse on a hanger and photographing. Shirts, tops, dresses all look better with a little shape under it. So I got this wire mannequin for $15 and I think I’ll spray paint it neon pink:

Perky Madonna bosoms, right?! She’ll really help me make all my listings look a lot better.

The metal shelves are cheap. They were $5 each and probably cost that much in the ’70′s when they were originally purchased. One has a big dent it and they have an awesome faux-woodgrain print.

As you can see behind the shelves, I have a lot of shoes I’d like displayed and I think these will be the pefect, non-bulky way to do so. Currently, I have a beat up Ikea Expedit bookcase that is taking up too much room. The side bars are a nice brassy gold. I think I’ll keep that.

First step is to prime. I slapped on whatever I found in the garage. Then added Behr “Wet Coral” #190B-6 that I had from the Jewelry Tree Project I did. 

I’ll wait for this to dry, maybe add another coat, then tape off a geometric pattern with painters tape. Maybe something like this?

Then I’ll paint over all of it with Behr Peaceful Night 590F-7.  This is exactly the blue I was looking for. Not crayola blue and not navy. It’s JUUUSSST right!

I would love to do something geometric and then get a Escher print or something. I’ll let you know how it goes with the final product. Shit. I still have 2 more hours until I pick her up from the airport.