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Updated Habitat Restore Find

August 23, 2013 by Ashley Mayes 7 Comments

I jumped for joy when I was in Habitat for Humanity last week. I seriously sprinted over to this thing and gave the “back off this is mine” look to anyone who looked at it.

habitat restore $25 before

You see the potential, right? If you remember, I had something similar on Greyson’s Mood board. This was what I had picked out for his room:

go-cart-carbon-grey-two-shelf-table-media-cart

via CB2 $169

When I saw the one at Habitat, I knew it would work great instead of the piece from CB2. $169 isn’t bad for furniture, but $25 is much better. Plus, I was able to try out a new toy that we bought. We pulled the trigger and bought the spray gun that Kristen from The Hunted Interior raved about. After searching online, we were both pretty impressed on the reviews for this thing. The fact that it was right at $50 made it a no-brainer. So, since I had the gun (and was waiting on a project) the red shelving unit was perfect.

Luke sanded and prepped the piece. It had a little bit of rust on it, so he worked on the parts that needed it. Together we hung up sheeting to create a spray paint safe area.

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Oh, and it looks like I spray paint without pants on but I promise you I do have shorts on. lol.

I realized as soon as I started (probably right after that picture was taken) that I forgot to put on safety glasses and the respirator. So, I stopped and put them both on and started again. Safety first. =)

I primed it with Kilz Original (latex) and went a bit too heavy. It was my first time using the gun, so I wasn’t exactly sure on how many passes to go. We let it dry and lightly sanded it. Then, we both did a few coats of the paint (Behr Interior/Exterior High Gloss Enamel in Cracked Pepper).

Here she is:

habitat restore after

We are smitten with it. Seriously, the color is AMAZING!

just add paint toddler boy room

The finish is very smooth.

extremely smooth finish with the spray gun

I really love how it turned out. The overall functionality is going to be great once we get some taller bins. I ordered these:

landscape-floor-binsvia Land of Nod

They were on the mood board and I think they will be perfect against the gray finish. Unfortunately, they are on backorder until mid-October. So, until then, I will make do with the green storage bins. The green storage bins match the room, but they don’t give us enough storage room. I want to be able to store lots of cars and junk inside the bins without seeing it. With the green bins, you walk in the room and see everything in it. But, they will definitely do until the other ones get here.

toy chest DIY updatedSo, our overall thoughts on the spray painting experience:

– We love the gun. It’s easy to clean and easy to use.

-The overall finish is better than anything we have achieved before.

-The spray paint cave area needs to be enlarged to be able to get in the nooks and crannies.

Hope you all have a great weekend! We are finishing up on another spray painting experience (this time with oil based paint in the gun!). Wish us luck!

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Filed Under: Before and After, DIY, Paint Tagged With: furniture makeover, Greyson's room

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  1. Julia @[email protected]

    August 23, 2013 at 1:28 am

    I’m smitten with it too. It’s perfect! And I can’t wait to hear how the oil paint works in the gun.

    Reply
  2. Kelly @ A Swell Place to Dwell

    August 23, 2013 at 8:17 am

    It looks great now! Gotta love a good find!

    Reply
  3. Charlotte

    August 23, 2013 at 12:42 pm

    Great color choice, looks like his room is coming together! Sneaking a peak over on your instagram board, I really hope you are going to do a feature on that awesome poster print (what you used to mount & frame it, camera settings for large print photos, etc) I love it and want to know more!!!

    Reply
    • Ashley Mayes

      August 26, 2013 at 7:22 am

      I do feel like its finally coming together, but we still have quite a few projects left. Yikes. I’ll do a blog post on the print. =)

      Reply
  4. Yvonne @ Sunnyside Up-Stairs

    August 23, 2013 at 11:06 pm

    Sophisticated transformation. 🙂 Looks great!

    Reply
    • Ashley Mayes

      August 26, 2013 at 7:21 am

      Thank Yvonne!

      Reply

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    September 2, 2015 at 10:22 am

    […] the other side of the window is another Habitat Find. Before I updated the cabinet, it was pretty rough. After putting in some TLC, it turned out to be pretty adorable, functional […]

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