One of my ongoing projects is decorating the bathroom in silver & white.  It’s taking me a little longer than I’d anticipated, but I’m happy with how it’s coming along.

I’ve always got my eye out for items that I can customize.  This project was perfect for the bathroom.  I found this waste basket on one of my trips to the thrift store.  It still had the original Target tag on the bottom, and at $1.99 I couldn’t pass it up.  It had potential.  This is how I changed a plain Jane into something with a little sparkle.

This is what the waste basket looked like when I brought it home.  There were worn areas on the edges & stains on the inside.

         

I scrubbed it inside & out, but it still needed some help.   The first thing I did was give it 2 coats of white spray paint.

I could have left it like this, but I had other plans.  I measured the waste basket 2″ up from the bottom, and 2″ down from the top.  (I wanted a silver band to be at the top & the bottom)

Then I met the pencil marks with painter’s tape.  I met the painter’s tape at the corners & taped them together so that they stuck out.  This way it would be easy to remove & didn’t get in the way of the paint.

I pressed the painter’s tape down tightly so that none of the paint would seep under it.

Then I covered the body of waste can with some card stock.  I really should have taped it down, but I was in a hurry to get it done before it rained.

While browsing Walmart, this caught my eye.  It was glitter tape that was in the Washi tape section.  It just jumped out at me.  And now I had the perfect project to use it on.

I applied it to the area where the silver paint met the white paint at the top & bottom.

         

It was starting to come together, but it was still missing something.  I have a love of roses, and because my Patron Saint is St. Therese, “the little flower” there is a rose in every room of my home.  It was just logical for me to add roses to the waste can.

I got out a rose stencil, some silver paint & a sponge.

         

I dabbed silver paint over the stencil.  I really should have dabbed most of the paint off of the sponge, but it’s only paint.  It came out a little thick.

         

The rose seemed a little lost, so I free handed some leaves, stems & rosebuds around the rose.

So one end of the waste basket has roses, and the other 3 sides are plain.

It fits like it was made for the space in the bathroom.

I apologize for the blurry pictures, but I still haven’t found the new camera that I want.

A little bit of paint & some Washi Tape turned the plain waste basket into something that fits the room perfectly.

On to the next project.

Happy Creating everyone.

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