Make A Colorful Candle Trio Out Of Tin Cans

Weekends are for projects.  This particular weekend though I was feeling a bit lazy so my project had to be simple.  A while back I had seen pillar candle holders made out of what appeared to be tin cans on hautelook.com.

In anticipation of undertaking this project, I had saved one Bush's 28 oz. Baked Beans can and one 14 oz. vegetable can.  In order to have three cans of differing heights I would need one more.  I headed to my local supermarket and picked up a squat can of niblets corn.  The can was the perfect size for my project and the corn would go well with dinner.

I pulled off the labels and washed the cans out thoroughly.  When they were dry I laid out some newspaper and pulled out some leftover cans of spray paint.  I chose green, orange and white to match my decor.  I gave each can two coats of paint.

After the cans were dry, I brought them in and placed them on my dining room table.  I then either inserted or topped each one with a cream, brown or maroon colored candle from my stock.

I think the final result makes for a colorful candle trio don't you?

Painting Upholstered Furniture

Did you know you could spray paint upholstery?  It was a new idea for me.  I had dyed fabric before using RIT dye packets but that tactic obviously wouldn't work on furniture.  During one of my daily browses of the web I came across a spray painted wingback chair.  It actually looked really good so I decided to give it a try.  A while back I had purchased a barrell-shaped swivel chair at my local Salvation Army Thrift Store.  It was in good shape though a bit faded. 

I recalled reading that the paint could be found in craft stores.  So last Saturday I headed to JoAnn Fabrics.  I found a product called Simply Spray.  They carried it in 2.5 oz. spray cans.  I wasn't sure how much each can would cover but since they only had (3) packages of the Poppy Red that is what I got.  When I got home I carried the chair out into the back yard and began spraying.  After emptying the (3) cans I had only painted about half the chair.  Already knowing that JoAnn's didn't have more of the color I needed this time I headed to A.C. Moore.  There I picked up (3) more cans.  Sadly the paint was $1.00 more per can.   Once I got home I finished my chair and left it out to dry for a few hours.

I think the chair came out great.  The chair originally cost me $25 and for another $30 or so in paint I have a brand new chair.  If I had sent the chair out to be reupholstered, it would have cost me way more than that.  Below you can see the finished product in its final resting place in my living room.  The chair now matches my $5.00 vintage ottoman perfectly.  This was a really easy DIY project and one I would do again.