DIY outdoor artwork

Today I thought I'd show you a little DIY artwork I've been working on.

About a month ago I saw an old weathered pallet on the side of the road. And I thought Hmmm.... I think I could do something with that. So I pulled over and heaved it into the back of the car.

Poor hubby, I think he must think I'm a bit crazy when I bring things like this home.

So I got out the crowbar and asked him to help me pull the extra planks off; the side ones and those two on the top so that it's just the flat planks and their backing ones.

And then I used our outdoor Dulux weathershield paint to paint a white silhouette of leaves etc onto it.

And here is how it came out...

Hubby loves it and I think we've found the perfect spot in the garden to hang it!

I love re purposing/recycling things!

Vertical Stripes

What do you think about vertical stripes?

Here is an idea I've been toying with for our bedroom makeover - vertical stripes.

I would love to wallpaper part of the bedroom but I'm really trying to keep the costs to a minimum so I was thinking that this could be a fun alternative. What do you think?

Spoke to Hubby last night about the bedroom plans and he seemed to be on board with it all. Didn't even shudder when I suggested painting our timber bed white. (This is sort of an ongoing joke between the two of us because when there is ever discussions about colour I always say 'I think it should be white'. Hubby says I'd even paint the cat white if he wasn't white already).

Has anyone out there painted vertical stripes before? Was it easy?

Have a wonderful day,