My last project I posted about was December 12th. I have been working on a wall and table top redo, but I didn’t want to post about it smack in the middle of Christmas decoration posts.
I am ready to share part of my redo. I went to one of my favorite stores and found some urns for a pretty good price. Just about everything in this store screams my name, however, the prices usually scream bankruptcy.
The store has home décor, lawn and garden supplies, outdoor furniture/décor as well as plants and flowers. It is a greenhouse and then some.
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I have to go back to get something tomorrow. I might take a camera and ask if I can take photos.
So I am browsing around. I went there to look at pots, but ended up browsing the whole store in. Christmas dĂ©cor was 1/2 off and I was tempted, but I just don’t’ want to put away any more Christmas stuff so I passed. As my want meter is about to explode I found these 2 urns and think they are pretty affordable so I grab them. As I continue to browse in another area, I find the same urn container for more than twice the price. That sealed the deal and I bought them.
They were green. Anyone who has been reading my blog knows my love for greens. Not this green. It was a weird green that didn’t go with anything. So my other love is rust.
I painted them n a nice rust Autumn Brown color and let them dry.
![IMG_1810 IMG_1810](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5oRPmNLPUHgtLgUzMYu6jxPtTBlmPXxLJqvYOscp52p3UuRk1ozobhaaUdMS1Snu9T3Y7Zc5SdtPOiM3TKIMEBgA9WCNAfKlW5_lJvJDHcEQDDZlCP1gCcs5Te2kjUDqEOjMiYy8aWmKK/?imgmax=800)
It is hard to tell how funky the green is in the pic. The Autumn Brown paint is still drying in the photo.
After the paint dried, I used a scraggly paint brush and some black paint to dry brush the urn and take away the starkness of the solid paint and give the urn some depth.
![IMG_1815 IMG_1815](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpSqT-ZMAnuVvFCVyBrcPWVq-Pa7fvMDzN9WH0DGsxPNdLtPSv3rYszkI3txkSoAy-iqNp-W226MQTxcVLKtQRTq8wUChYVEkyDVhdeRCRshmYTmTUI7srGTr1ndHtYzUI-67aXSzDoGK/?imgmax=800)
Dry brushing is my all time favorite way to paint. It is aimless like me and it the paint is instantly dry.
Soon you will see what I will be doing with my urns.
What are you doing this week? Resting, organizing, or changing things up?
Tracy
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