Sunday Afternoon Revamp

I think bar carts are such fun and great pieces to have set up in your home. They might be very Mad Men and old time, but I find them to be rather chic and great conversation pieces!

I have been wanting a bamboo, brass bar cart, but they are very hard to come by (on Craigslist, eBay and the likes) and often way over priced too. So, when my friend Emily texted me and said she had found a cute bar cart at an antique mart for a STEAL I jumped at the opportunity to have her buy it for me. The low price did come with one condition; the cart needed a little love...

The cart was rather rusty and was in dire need of a new coat of paint. However, after using a metal brush and some sandpaper to remove all the nastiness the bar cart was ready for a new life.

I choose to use a brighter gold spray paint on the cart to give it more luster and life:

Here is my little work in progress....bring on the shine and glitz! I also painted my Chinoiserie birdcages the same color when I painted the bar cart. Everything turned out perfectly and I have a new love for spray paint!

My inexpensive bar cart now looks like it is worth at least $100 I think! I am SO pleased with how it turned out and it really is just as good as new.

The set up still needs a little tweaking, but it looks tres spiffy for now (madre comes next weekend and can add the final touches)!

Next up on my Sunday Revamp edition: brass coffee table and bamboo plant stand!