I'm really digging mint green these days, maybe because it's a subliminal reminder of a much beloved ice cream flavor. Anyway here's to get your STRIPE ON in whatever color you please. Keep scrolling down if you want to see the super-fun and easy ancillary project I added on a whim!
1. Measure out your stripes. I wanted wider stripes, so I made them about 10 inches apart. Use a pencil to make your marks. I made a dash about every two feet.
2. Tape it out. You'll want to make sure that you tape below your dashes for the stripes that you're filling in, and tape above the stripes that you're leaving blank.
3. Put a piece of tape on the stripes that you're not painting (seems like it would be common sense, but once everything is taped, the stripes become a dizzying blur.
4. Paint! I used a semi-gloss. The original color has a matte finish, so I mixed the textures to provide more contrast.
5. Let it dry. No peeking, I said "LET IT DRY!"
6. Peel your tape off and admire. After it's dry.
Now for the fun part...
My original inspiration:
1. Gather your plates. I had a set of beautiful salad plates that I bought 4 years ago. I got the rest from a sale bin at Anthropologie and at a thrift store.
2. Get out your glue gun. Put a large (very large) dollop of glue where you want to put your hanger (paperclip, heck yeah, it's a paperclip!)
3. Put your paperclip in the puddle of glue.
5. Map out your placement.
6. Then, it's hammer-time!
Ta-da!!
And there you have it! Stay tuned for more!!
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