Get ready to be inspired! Do you like thrift store transformations? I hope so, because I’ve teamed up with a total of 40 (!!!) bloggers for a massive swap event called “Swap it Like it’s Hot,” where we all go thrift store shopping, pick out a handful of goodies, and send them to another blogger so they can work their DIY magic on them. Items can range from useful, to beautiful, to just plain ridiculous and everything in between. I can’t wait to see what all of the other bloggers received and what they did with their goods. And I also can’t wait to show you what I got!
Jaime from That’s My Letter sent me some awesome stuff to transform. Here are all of the items I received:
First, I received a pair of brackets:
I gave them each a coat of spray primer and then a coat of Rust-Oleum Ocean Mist spray paint
(a pretty mint color). I cut a 1×6 board down to 24″ long and painted it with this gray chalky finish paint, then I attached the brackets for an easy DIY wall shelf.
I love the pretty detailing on the brackets. This shelf is going to my sister and she will be hanging it in my niece’s room.
I also received a trio of tiny Americana birdhouses:
Americana doesn’t really go with our decor, and my boys love birds — like to the point of borderline obsession. I decided to spray paint them fun colors and we will use them as decor in the playroom. You know anytime I have the chance to spray paint something, I’m a happy girl.
And last but not least, I received a pair of wooden holiday boxes/bins:
Since these were painted red, I was afraid the color would bleed through so I sanded them and primed them with a coat of Kilz, and then sprayed them with several coats of white spray paint and primer in one. I taped off some stripes and sprayed them with my favorite metallic gold spray paint.
Here they are now:
I switched out the metal bucket things that were on the mantel and stuck some moss balls in the basket/boxes, and now our mantel has a whole new look.
(Oh, and those chairs are new too. We got them here.)
This was so much fun! Be sure to stop over at Run To Radiance and see what Tania did with the thrift store finds I sent her.
Tune in all week to see the crazy items this talented group of bloggers has been making over! Search the hashtag #swapitlikeitshot on social media to follow along with all the fun or check out our Pinterest Board.
MONDAY
That’s My Letter / DIY On the Cheap / Run To Radiance / The Gathered Home
Two Thirty Five Designs / Chaotically Creative / Decor Adventures / Homemade By Carmona
TUESDAY
Thoughts From Alice / Reinvented / Confessions Of A Serial Do-It-Yourselfer / Restoration Redoux
Always Never Done / I Am a Homemaker / Black and White Obsession / Windgate Lane
WEDNESDAY
Town and Country Living / brepurposed / The Charming Farmer / 58 Water Street
Designer Trapped In A Lawyer’s Body / Year of Serendipity / White House Black Shutters / Desert Domicile
THURSDAY
Two Purple Couches / Like A Saturday / Finding Silver Pennies / Artsy Chicks Rule
Something to Be Found / Shades of Blue Interiors / Simple Designing / Our Southern Home
FRIDAY
Evey’s Creations / Dragonfly and Lilypads / Weekend Craft / Ciburbanity
A Designer At Home / Polished Habitat / Blue i Style / Addicted 2 DIY
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-Erin
So fun! I love the gold-striped wooden boxes with the moss balls inside!
Thanks so much, Brynne!
It looks fantastic Erin! I love transforming thrift items to fit my decor. I am inspired to go to the thrift store to buy things to transform for my new home. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Laurie! It was a lot of fun!
Love this Erin!!
Thank you!
Erin it all looks so great! Love how your mantel looks!
Thanks so much Bee!
Erin so wonderful to see the items in a new light (and color!). So happy the little birdhouses fit in for the kids and the bright colors are perfect.
Thank you, Jaime! The items you sent were so much fun to work with.
That’s awesome you were able to use everything! The gold and white striped bins are my favorite, functional and beautiful!
Thank you, Christy!
I love those pretty mint brackets and the shelf you made!
Thanks Emily!
LOVE what you did Erin! 🙂 It’s hard to pick a favorite, but i’m a huge fan of those white and gold stripes with the moss—they look so great on your mantle! 🙂
Thanks so much, Tania!
It never ceases to amaze me what a little paint can do to spruce up tired/mismatching pieces. My favorite has to be the wooden holiday boxes! Although those minty brackets are looking mighty fine as well! Bravo!
P.S. Really digging that black and white book!
Thank you, Trisha!
The pair of boxes look like they were MEANT for that space!! So fun!! Thanks for being part of the #swap madness! xx
Thanks so much, Charlotte! It was so much fun. Thanks for including me! I need to go play catch-up and check out everyone else’s projects now! I got slammed halfway through the week and have missed some. Can’t wait to see what everyone did.
Lovely transformations! Golly, I love those corbels!
Thank you, Ursula!
Love those boxes!!!! They go perfectly on your mantle.
Thanks Jillian!
LOVE the boxes!! They look great. 🙂
xo
Nancy
Thanks Nancy!
Paint has an amazing way of transforming things! I love what you did with your thrift store finds!
Wow, I love everything! Such a sweet pic of your boys holding the bird houses. The bins are my favorite, because…stripes, but I love those beautiful brackets too. Awesome job!
Wow you got some random stuff but you were totally able to pull off amazing transformations! Love the little boxes!!!
Thank you, Lesley!
Hi Erin. Love the makeovers and those boxes are perfect for your mantel. It continues to amaze me that spray paint can do. Which is why I have a huge stash as I’m sure you do to! Glad to be on the Swap with you.
Thank you, Jessica! Yes, I love spray paint!
Erin I’m so impressed with how chic those boxes look now! You truly had a vision!
Thank you, Rachel!
The Americana birdhouses are absolutely adorable & original! Thanks for sharing this awesome idea with us!
Thank you!
Really beautiful transformations. You chose such pretty colors.
Thanks, Corinna!
There is just so much I love about your transformations. First of all those brackets! Don’t even get me started on how much I love the color you decided on. Love the planters. Amazing job!
Thank you Michelle!