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I've loved the look of barn stars for years. I'd see them when we were in the US for the summer: seems everyone has at least one on their house/garage/barn!!
But you have to understand it's something you just don't see often up here in Quebec. So, not easy to find, period!
Imagine my excitement when I found a brown barn star 2 or 3 years ago... in the Christmas clearance section of Winners Home Sense (Canadian version of TJ Maxx). If I remember correctly, I paid 2.99 for it!
It's been on a wall in my scrapbook studio since then, in boring brown.
This week I finally decided to do something about it!
Took my beloved turquoise spray paint and off I went!! A little sanding to distress it all, and voilà!!
Here it is hanging pretty in my living room!!
(please excuse the dirty water in the betta fish's tank! But if I clean his tank, he seems to get sick. He thrives in dirty water ;) )
BTW, let me do a public service announcement, LOL!!
A lot of people write it Wala, Wah-la, Viola...
A lot of people write it Wala, Wah-la, Viola...
But people! It's VOILÀ! teeehee!! voilà, that's all I had to say! *snort*
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Nice transformation. I had one that I painted black and it still not lookin' too good. Maybe I will try a pretty blue.
Thanks for the lovely comment.
Salut Caro, mais oui, je parles français! Tu m'as fait rire avec wala - et voilà. Mais tu as raison! J'aime l'hibou en blanc - adorable! Linda
it makes me crazy when people say or write 'wala' 'wahla' whatever. I want to dope slap them, and I'm a bloke. It must make francophones crazy.
I've always found the "wah-la" thing to be a bit odd, myself! I'm not a Francophone, but living in Quebec for so long, I find myself getting a bit...possesive, almost, about the use of the French language!
Vraiment belle ton étoile!
Pour ton betta, je pourrais te donner des trucs, j'en ai un au bureau. L'eau est super claire, je change la moitié de l'eau peut-être une fois par mois! Le reste du temps, j'en ajoute au besoin pour compenser l'évaporation. C'est pas énormément de travail parce que ça s'entretient tout seul. Envoie moi un email si tu veux des détails.
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