Just some of the random things I like to paint

an old wooden tool box

an old coal bucket

a rusted candle holder. This is really cool when lite up with all the holes. I was going to leave it rusted but it would be outside all year and thought a little enamel paint would help to preserve it. And of course it gave me a good excuse to use my favourite colour blue 

finished and hung up on our deck at the cottage

an old wooden basket

memo board

one huge piece of scrap wood and 3 different animals. A cow, a pig and a rabbit

an armoire in the city. Painted with chalk board paint then drew on the design with chalk and then painted over with white acrylic paint

mirror frame to match the design in the front entrance years ago.

the back of the coal bucket.

an old rusted spade

an old piece of wood

a piece of wood cut from a project and added a hole and put in a dowel to put in the flower pots....as if I didn't know what they were. 

This is just some of the things that I have painted over the years. When I get bored, or run out of paper and canvas( which doesn't really happen that often)  I resort to things that I have either picked up in the garbage to revamp or anything that will take paint. I have painted our freezer, rocks, benches, old cabinet doors, anything wood, plastic tables and chairs. The only thing I will never paint is my dining room set and our amoire at the cottage. The dining room set is not really that valuable and quite dark. I can't say that I haven't been tempted to paint it but I am not allowed. Hubby and I bought this with the money we collected from our wedding gifts almost 30 years ago. And the armoire up at the cottage isn't really a valuable piece of furniture but I won't paint it because Willie kept bugging me that I hadn't painted it yet. He has since passed away and now it is just a fond memory of his joke with me.