A mini greenhouse gets a mini redo

I’ve had this little terrarium for ages and always thought I’d try to make it look a bit more vintage.  (This is the after)

Here is the before.

Then I saw that Hobby Lobby still sells the exact one, and when I noticed it on the shelf, I thought to myself that it really needed a makeover.  I guess I’d just gotten used to seeing it as is in my house and had gotten to the point where I probably didn’t see it at all.

In the midst of putting away all of the Christmas stuff (admittedly, there wasn’t much of it this year, but it did take all day), I took a break and repainted this white.  I glued a couple of ornamental dodads over the open hearts too.

Looking for found hearts is a hobby of mine, I love seeing them appear in nature.  But not so much as cut outs on things in my home, although I do love this old, old, tin trim filled with hearts.

There might have been too much impatience in getting it done, because I had some issues with the glued on pieces.  I was trying to paint them while the glue was still wet and at one point, the heavy, wet paint was too much for the gloppy glue and one embellishment slid right off.  Which wouldn’t have been so bad, if it had just landed next to the terrarium on the newspaper I was using to protect the table.  

Nope.  It decided to fling itself away from the newspaper with a hefty bouncing motion and spew minuscule paint drops across my kitchen floor.  


Once I finally got it dry, in one piece, and the floor mopped up, I refilled it.  I pretty much reused what I’d already had in it before, just rearranged and cleaned it up a little.

It might be a tad too springlike inside for the rest of my winter decor in the room, but I like a splash of spring somewhere in my home.   I keep some favorite things in it, porcelain roses broken off of a vase, a sea shell with a glossy pink interior, crystals and pretty rocks I have found on trips.  

Oh, and crystal balls, plus some houseplants that are easy to keep alive.  And a sweet birdie.  I always need little birdies around.  I hope she likes her spiffed up, new home.

Comments

[Ellen D. Bailey]

Wow - did I need your project to cheer up after yesterday's assault on the Capitol building! I love everything you put inside, especially the crystals. Since I'm preparing for a move, I can't start any projects right now, so am living vicariously through you!