Monday, March 1, 2010

A Simple Fixer Upper

Okay, folks, get ready to roll up your sleeves for this fixer upper project. I just hope everyone can keep up with me on this one. ;)

I found this blue mason jar at a rummage sale, complete with acrylic garden art attached. Since this type of artwork doesn't really fit in with my decor, I continued to examine the jar and determined it had good bones..er, glass. So I turned it rightside up to read the price tag...

$17.95!! The junk gods must be crazy! Hmph!
(But it does have good glass, right?)

Actually, the price for me was $0.25. It appears the church rummage sale where I found it had received donations from a local antique mall. I guess the bargain gods stopped in that day.

Okay, back to the fixer-upper part. Check those sleeves of yours to make sure they're rolled up!

Supplies needed:
acetone nail polish remover
paper towel

Gently pour a small amount of acetone onto your paper towel and get that elbow grease working by rubbing it overtop the acrylic paint. Aren't you glad I reminded you to roll up your sleeves? This is hard work, people!

Whew! Thank goodness my $0.25 investment worked out or this post would have been embarrassing, wouldn't you say?




Now that I know what I am capable of, I think the next project in line will be resurfacing the kitchen cabinets. What do you think?

11 comments:

  1. Now that is a great fixer upper! :) $0.25 is my kinda price. Kitchen cabinets... go for it!!
    ~Jennifer
    www.studiojru.com

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  2. Now that's a really great fix. Love the colour of the jar - a very lucky find :o)

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  3. Too funny...your hard work paid off!
    Jane

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  4. I think... re-surfacing the kitchen cabinets is going to be even harder work - but it could be just as rewarding!!!

    LOVE the jar!!!
    ;-) robelyn

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  5. I was wondering how that worked. Thanks for the great tutorial.

    As always, take care.
    Karen

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  6. Hi Candy- that is a great hint! I probably would have walked right on past that jar!

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  7. Are you going to use acetone on your kitchen cabinets?! Hope not! Good luck with that...hope you share with us!

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  8. Great buy, love those old zinc lidded canning jars. Have "fun" doing your cabinets, I did mine a few years back...it is hard work stripping, priming, painting and sealing...but worth every hour I spent on them!

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  9. Hooray for elbow grease...and acetone. Great find!

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  10. Ha ha!! Phew, I think I'm finally ready to tackle a jar on my own now! Wish me luck! :) Marie

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