BrittanyMakes

I’m getting ready to do some traveling over this holiday weekend.  My man and I are going to Chicago. I’ve never been, and I’m so excited to venture into a new city!  My bro is giving us the grand tour, which means we will definitely be eating our way about the town.  I just hope I can still fit into my clothes once the weekend is over.

In the spirit of a quick week, today’s project is also a quick one!

I’ve been wanting to dip-dye a basket for quite some time, and even more so after spotting these round belly baskets which I referenced in one of my Friday faves posts.  A few weeks ago I spotted this tapered basket at Marshalls, I instantly fell in love with it’s protruding belly!  I usually gravitate towards a high contrast dip-dye, like black or white, but with this basket I decided to go a bit more subtle.

FIRST Wrap or tape a plastic bag in the desired location.  I actually ran out of tape (go figure) but lucked out that the garbage bag I used fit snug against the basket SECOND Spray a light coat of primer, this will help the paint adhere to the material of the basket THIRD spray 2 coats of your choice of spray paint, I chose Montana Gold spray paint in Gold Chrome. You can read more about other gold spray paint options in this post.

I’m pretty happy with how this turned out! I generally love anything strikingly gold, but this subtle contrast between the natural seagrass and the hint of gold adds a tiny bit of surprise to our living room.  I can totally tell our olive tree is happier with its newly gilt rump.