Nice. No small child home is complete without tomato sauce stains. Basically, it made that whole side of the kitchen look like a dumping ground. I've tried a few things to corral the unsightly mess, but nothing was really doing it for me. After a few bowls and other things from around the house failed the prettiness test, I decided to find a basket to fill the spot. Most unfortunately, the one I fell in love with was, umm, too tall to fit. Guess I should have measured before buying. Oops!
After returning the original basket, I found this one at 40% off at Michael's (ended up being about $8):
A perfect fit for the space, but it felt a little drab. Let the fix up begin!
I love baskets made from natural materials, but the sea grass of this one was a bit too bright and shiny for my taste. To solve that problem, I did a light wash of AS Chalk Paint in French Linen. I didn't want to turn this into a painted basket, so I really watered the paint down. Maybe equal parts water to paint. The look is very subtle, so I had a hard time capturing it in pictures. These shots show the difference between the finished and unfinished parts of the inside of the basket.
Doesn't that look nice? I love the soft grey over the natural sea grass! It cuts down the yellow tint without taking away all the grass's warmth. Perfect.
To finish out this mini makeover, I wanted to dress up the front of the basket, too. There's a line of baskets at Target by Smith&Hawken that have little slate chalkboards tied to the front that I've been drooling over, so I decided to give that a try. Being fresh out of small slate chalkboards around here, I used a little piece of 1/4 inch plywood to fake it!
After cutting it to size and drilling holes in each end, I painted the plywood (with the same paint I used on our bedroom sign) and then traced my chosen lettering. After all the painstaking labor of my last lettering effort, I tried a new (and much better) method this time around. I printed out the word "linens" (in the font Lavenderia) onto some regular computer paper, and once I covered the backside in pencil lead, it worked just like carbon paper! I simply lined the paper up over the piece of plywood and wrote over the lettering with a pen, which left a perfect outline on the the wood. See?
I decided to simply use chalk to fill in the letters, and much to my surprise, it worked perfectly and comes off easily, too! My handwriting is atrocious, so it took a few tries to get it just how I wanted, but the chalk came right off with a damp cloth. After getting the lettering just right, I tied the sign to the front of the basket with a bit of jute twine.
I'm completely in love with how this turned out! The basket fits perfectly in the space and even looks pretty while doing its job :)
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