Visiting thrift stores is hit or miss for me. I guess it’s like that for everyone. Most times I don’t see anything that interests me. But once in a while . . . you know what I mean . . . It’s there. Exactly what you’ve been looking for and you didn’t even KNOW you were looking for it! That’s what happened to me when I spotted these vintage canisters. I knew as soon as a saw them that they were perfect for today thrift store find and upcycle project!
The Rules:
- Upcycle an item(s) from a thrift store, resale store, or garage sale into a new piece of decor.
- There’s no monthly theme.
- There’s no budget to stick to.
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Pili | My Sweet Things – Amanda | Domestically Creative – Ali | Home Crafts By Ali – Carmen | Living Letter Home –
Emy | Semigloss Design – Jeanie | Create and Babble – Marie | DIY Adulation – Victoria | Glitter On A Dime
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Vintage Canisters
The first thing I did was thoroughly wash the canisters with hot, soapy water and then let dry. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to paint the canisters one color and the lids a different color. Or not paint the lids and just the canisters. So many choices!
On one side of each canister is a design that is half-way worn off. Which is one reason why I will probably eventually paint them. But until I decide on a color I decided to just leave them as is.
With one exception.
I used a Chalk Couture transfer called Handwritten Font and chalked the words on each canister. Please visit my Chalk Couture Facebook page to see the products I used and exactly how I did it. There even a video!
I’m going to live with them this way until they need scrubbed since the chalk paste is removed with water. If I wanted it to be permanent I could spray them with a sealer.
But I think I will eventually paint the canisters with a white chalky style paint and then use Chalk Couture over that. I’m thinking I might spray paint the tops with a pretty pastel color. What do you think? What would you do with these vintage canisters?
Jenny says
March 28, 2019 at 12:20 pmI really like the chalk couture handwritten, it looks like Rae Dunn to me. I think they would look super cute white with pastel tops.
Deborah says
March 28, 2019 at 1:01 pmI really like them but Im a rusty denty kind of person 🙂
Angela at Simply Beautiful By Angela says
March 28, 2019 at 6:40 pmLove the Jeanie!! They are really cool as is but I could also see them painted white…tough decision for sure!
Angie says
March 28, 2019 at 10:47 pmI really like the chalk couture that you used on them but painting them would be so pretty too.
Denise Bryant says
March 28, 2019 at 11:42 pmI like the handwritten words you added but love the canisters as is.
Emy says
March 29, 2019 at 1:05 pmThese turned out great! I love the font for the lettering!
Heather says
March 29, 2019 at 3:35 pmThe lettering looks great! They would also look good painted but look very nice like this.