Sunday Spruce-Up

We had another really awesome weekend here in Iowa so most of it was spent outside either reading on the porch, taking the dog for a walk or working on a few outdoor projects.  Yesterday, I took the liberty to spruce up this start that hangs on the front of our house.

This star has seen it's better days!  It has made it through two re-locations and is at it's third home.  I felt it deserved a little facelift! :)

Re-painting is definitely the fun part in any project, but first you might want to remove the old paint that is flaking off.  The best way to do this is using a wire brush or if you don't have a wire brush, a grill brush works great too! 

I needed to make sure my new paint would stick and go on evenly so I used Valspar spray paint primer in white.  I let that dry for about 30 minutes.

I changed the color of my start completely!   Instead of going back to red, I used Valspar spray paint in Tropical Oasis.  This took two coats of spray paint.

Between coats of spray paint, I got a little distracted.  "Bam," our dog, decided to go tease our heifers.  See him on his back?  He had something that they were interested in...

Ok, back to the project!

Here is the new and improved star!

I think my next Sunday Spruce-Up might have to be washing the house!

Have a great week!