The Magic of Spray Paint

Your personal environment should be an expression of who you are. I've been living in my current apartment for a year now, and it's just now starting to come together. I have a lot of second hand decorations and cheap, quick purchases bought from Amazon. Something about my room never quite felt like it was my space, so I've been redecorating like a fiend.

Before {via}

My budget is pretty tight, so I had to be creative with what I already had around the house. I had this pretty cheap plastic bookshelf that is probably not meant as a piece of decor. Simple plastic interlocking tubes, nothing sexy.

After!

I finally got around to DIYing my eye sore of a shelf. It's amazing what a can of spray paint can do!

I knew I wanted something brightly colored, and went for the Ocean Mist Krylon spray paint. There were so many fun colors, it was hard to choose just one! No primer needed, just one can of paint and the makeover was complete!

I love this shelf now. It's a fun color that brightens up the room, and I didn't need to invest in another pier of furniture. It's still detachable plastic, so any future moving should be a breeze.

I swapped the curtains for pair I already had, finally installed my paper lamp, and pulled it all together a set of brightly colored peacock paintings from TJMaxx.

I may be addicted to spray painting. My new goal is to spray the living room furniture so it looks a little bit more like it goes together.

Plastic rolling drawers, I'm spray-painting you next!