Monday, September 24, 2012

Outside the box: Rotating photo display

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend :) Thanks for all the painted pumpkin suggestions from my last post. I'm giving it some careful thought and will reveal my decision soon. Today I have a bit of a funky diy for you. A bit quirky and outside the box. Some may hate this (be kind) and some may love it. I absolutely LOVE this and have been wanting one for a long long time.

Backstory:
I saw this in the potterybarn catalogue a few years ago and was in love!! I wasn't in love with the $129 price tag though, and also didn't have the space in my tiny starter condo.
Fast forward to this past Friday while I was helping my mom work in the UNICEF store that she volunteers in and BAM!
This came home with me :)
They weren't using it in the shop anymore and it was just sitting in the back. YAY! Now, I know it's not as streamlined or elegant looking as the PB one, but f-r-e-e- is definitely the price for me!

Ready to see the after!!?

Gold goldy gold!!!!! Woohoooooo!!! Wanna see her closer up??!

(Sorry for the glare on the photos, it's a bright sunny day here in SoCal)

All I did was give her a good cleaning, and spray her with a matte gold spray paint (2 cans worth).

I had some fun in pic monkey adding dates and texts to some family photos. I also made sure to print them in "lustre" vs "glossy" so there wouldn't be so many finger prints.

My kids are having a blast spinning it around and looking through the photos. Heck, I am too!
Look at this one from last Halloween at Disneyland (notice Noah's face and Hayden's thoughts about it). Funny!

Haha!!!

So, what do ya think!!? Am I crazy!? are you clicking "unsubscribe" as we speak??!


 
 

Looooooooooooooooooooooove it!!! Lol! I know, I know. Crazy ;)
Have a wonderful week people!!!


11 comments:

  1. It's totally unique (well, even tho PB did it but still.... it is) and I love it! It'd actually be ADORABLE in a nursery (sorry I have baby brain) to easily update w/ lots of new pics since they change so much in the beginning!
    Pamela

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  2. It looks great! I love it and how you added the captions to the pics. Nice!

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  3. Oh I think Goldmember said it best "I love goooooooooooooold!"

    What a great find and I love that you painted gold. How cool and easy to swap out photos at any time!

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  4. you are not crazy... i totally LOVE it and it looks amazing gold!

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  5. They were darn near giving one of these away at a garage sale and I passed it by. Dumb me.

    ~Bliss~

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  6. It's so freaking perfect!!! You lucky girl, I'm totally JEALOUS!

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  7. This is the cutest, Ali!! So creative and what a cool display piece!

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  8. I LOVE LOVE!! I'm always on the look out for one, you are SO lucky! haha! The gold looks awesome!!

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  9. It looks great! Can't wait to check it out in person :)

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  10. I think it looks great! Love the dresser next to it too!

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