APRON shelf

 another diy club treasure..... (there will be a few more!)

 I made my weekly...okay daily trip to the D.I (a thrift store) and found this board....
(I forget to get a good before shot..it was brick red with a blue stripe down it. It was a from boys room...I could just tell.)

I painted it with my mythic primer...love that crap..actually it's too good to even call it crap.

took my pegs out

I took my americana paint in indian turquoise and mixed a little white to get this pretty blue shade.

This little shelf stood out to me cause it has this inset (is that what you even call it?) but I thought it would be perfect to just set frames inside without hanging them up. (I should also mention the $1 price tag also stood out to me.)

painted it with a gloss white..

and after everything was all dry..

took my handy dandy gorilla wood glue and filled the holes

no wait...didn't do that yet. 

I took my vinyl that I got from Design Divas

they have all different variations of these too...I was looking for one that side...rip open, dump..add an egg, cook..but I guess they don't make one.

and cut each little word apart and applied them between the pegs holes.

THEN  i took my gorilla wood glue and added my pegs.

I got it hung up....thought it needed maybe something more.....

so I took my sanding bug (from rockler..I should mention that I have to hide this..my husband keeps trying to stake claim to it..it's pretty awesome) and roughed it up a bit...

(don't worry..I took it off the wall to finish it...)

THEN I thought it needed something even more than THAT!

So I took another trip to the D.I.

and bought these.

I know right? why in the world would I buy these..

but give them a shot of krylon

I *maybe* should have primed the non-stick frying pan..but my trusty krylon kicked butt and about 2 1/2 coats later...

I had a beautiful red whisk

 and a green pan ....

but it didn't look like a frying pan...I needed a little contrast.

so I took my americana paint in black

and painted the burner side..

when THAT dried..I took a ribbon tied it around the handle and added them to my shelf.

phew..you still with me.

do you see the lovelyness that is below the shelf

awesome....

I got my aprons hung up...my whisky thing and my frying pan..

and now for the top.

crud. out of ideas.

okay not really. I made this yum sign

and then I stole this from above my cabinets.

 (don't worry..I will find a replacment...)

This frame was also spray painted with red krylon and then i just framed some cupcake fabric.

omigosh..are you ready for the finished product:

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pan out a little wider

it just weird tall wall...my fridge is right next to that garbage bag holder!

but i love it cause it's easy to swap out stuff...give you kitchen a change of scenery every once in awhile.

add a plate... (if you didn't have a little ledge to rest it you can use those fancy dischangers...love those things!)

or simplfy it

if you want to know how to make some aprons go here

you can go here to see how to make some wire words