Grandma’s Jewelry Box Makeover

My grandmother loved jewelry.  As little girls, my sisters and I loved to open up her big jewelry box and try on her different pieces.  My youngest sister, Jackie, inherited my grandmother’s love for jewelry and fashion.  When Grandma passed away, Jackie inherited the large jewelry box armoire thingy.  (Yes, that’s the technical term for it.)

 

Can you see the problem though?  It’s that orange-y oak color that we are all trying so hard to get away from.  And those bright brassy hooks?  …not cool.  My sister asked me to paint it for her and said that she’d buy me some chalk paint to try out.  I will work for free craft supplies!  Here’s the before and after:

What a difference!  I decided to leave the outer hardware the same and painted over the bright necklace hooks.  Much better!

This was my first time using chalk paint.   I’m a perfectionist, so seeing all of those brushstrokes was a little hard for me to get used to.  It turned out cute… not sure if I’d go painting everything in my house with it, but a small piece here and there is fine.  It did distress very easily.

What do you think?  Have you used chalk paint before?  I think grandma would approve!

Painting the jewelry box and writing this post reminded me of what my grandmother left for me.  Each of the girls got a little box of jewelry.  Nothing expensive or fancy, just some of her costume jewelry.  When I opened my box, I was surprised that everything inside was green.

At that moment, a faint memory surfaced of me as a little girl, in my grandma’s bedroom, going through her jewelry box.  She was asking me what I wanted to have some day.  With my birthday being in May, my birthstone is an emerald.  I wanted anything with emeralds on it… anything green.

Wow… feeling sappy much today?! 😉  I just couldn’t resist sharing.  Hope you all are having a great week!  I’m going to go make some fun memories with my kids.