As promised, I’m back again today with another revamped garage sale find.
I purchased this metal cage at a sale being held by a woman who said she used to sell in a shop, but the shop has not been open due to COVID. I wasn’t really clear on whether the shop has permanently gone out of business, or is just closed for the time being.
Either way, she had lots of goodies at her sale, including this cage, and they were priced to move. So I was happy to help her out by buying quite a few things.
Initially I wasn’t planning to do anything more than clean this cage and re-sell it. But once I washed it up I realized that the existing finish was rather tired looking, and not in a good, vintage, sort of way.
So once again I broke out the Rustoleum spray paint in Heirloom White. It takes a while to spray paint something like this. Mainly because you have to make sure that you’ve gotten to every angle. So it’s a lot of spraying and waiting for it to dry, flipping it around, spray some more, waiting some more, etc.
In the end, I’m really glad I lightened this one up. Going white gave me the opportunity to add some transfers to it.
The bee on the door is from re.design with prima’s Classic Vintage Labels, and the ‘1888.’ on the drawer is from IOD’s Classic Pots.
I used a vintage French invoice to line the drawer.
It’s from a packet of ephemera that my friend Terri gifted to me a while back.
You can see the paper even when the drawer is closed, so I definitely needed to use something pretty.
As pretty as this one turned out, I won’t be keeping it. I already have a few birdcages, any more and I’m in danger of starting another non-collection. So I’ll be bringing this one into the shop to sell. If any of you locals are in need of la cage, be sure to head in and check it out. Or if you want to call dibs on it in advance, let me know.
What a beautiful transformation! I am going to have to spend more time playing around with spray paint, as your application is flawless…mine, not so much 😉 Keep the creativity coming!
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The trick with spray paint is lots of very light coats, and don’t get too close.
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This is such a huge transformation. I liked it before, but the after just blows me away. And that’s saying something. The transfers are perfect, as is the paper…good eye there. Very, very cute.
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Thanks Terri! I’m glad I had that gorgeous paper to use 😉
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The difference in the birdcage is amazing. Love the distressing and the addition of the transfers!
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Thanks Netti! I’m glad I decided not to just leave it black 🙂
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The birdcage turned out really nice. Looks so different.
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Thanks sis!
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I love the transformation. Very charming and pretty 💕
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Thanks Monica!
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Love it!!! How fun to receive extra posts this week!
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Thanks Victoria, glad you are enjoying them 😉
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Beautiful and cute at the same time!
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Thanks Connie!
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Really a great job! I love it.The transfers did it again, and of course you too! LOL
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It’s amazing how much character a simple bee and ‘1888.’ can add, right?
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Makes my heart happy to see another post. So looking forward to this week! Love the birdcage!
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Thanks so much Kaye!
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Im so glad you’re posting every day Linda! The cage is wonderful!
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Thanks Olga!
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You found a nice birdcage at the yardsale…with your touch, it’s a fabulous one.
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