Plant Stand Re-Do
After taking my Christmas tree down, I didn’t want to put the lamp I had in its spot back. So that left me with a rather large empty space in the corner of my living room. I decided a plant stand for one of my plants would be the perfect solution, except all the stands at Target were too expensive. I mean honestly, it’s a freakin slab of wood with legs, nothing special. The cheapest option was like $40+, not in my budget at the moment. So I went to the Village and scored this perfect, basic plant stand for $8:
The color was too light to match with my other dark brown furniture so I had to paint it. I wanted to spray paint it, but alas they don’t sell spray paint in the city and I didn’t feel like trekking out to the suburbs. So I painted on a white base coat that I had on hand:
And then covered that with a dark brown paint (it’s not this shiny, must have been the flash):
And here it is in my living room. For what it is (basic) and what it cost me ($10 after paint, etc.) I am quite pleased with it:
I am submitting this project to Do It Yourself Day over at A Soft Place to Land. It’s an awesome craft blog I suggest you check out!!
Pet Peeve of the Day: Pizza cut “New York” style
Quote of the Day: “I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.” –e.e. cummings
Yv on 2010.01.18
Nice job! I love DIY. I’ll have to check out that website someday. Check out the project that my friends and I worked on all weekend (look through the pictures on the right side) http://thestickspink.blogspot.com/
Es on 2010.01.18
That is so cute Yvonne!!!
Mary Ann McCaffrey on 2010.01.18
I like the plant in the first picture better.
Es on 2010.01.18
Haha yeah, I also managed to change a cat into a plant!
DanaMc on 2010.01.20
Very cute.
Leggs on 2010.01.25
um…again, see my comment from your DYI blog…….