Faux Bamboo!

First off, let me just say that I think I have failed EPICALLY in posting projects this week! ahhhh!
I can't seem to get back in the swing of things....have I mentioned that I am trying to lose weight and get back into shape?  On top of working a full time job and trying to get my butt back to the gym ( Bonus, I have lost 7 pounds this last month!)  I just haven't been able to motivate myself to post!  

Well.... I may need to make another New Years resolution!  haha!  Can I do that five months into the year?!?!  a quarter year resolution?  Well whatever it's called, I'm going to do my best to be more focused and get stuff done!  .....well at least I'm going to try!

Anyway, I finished this little project a week or so ago and thought I would share it with you all!

  I have had a love affair with faux bamboo furniture for the longest time.  I love these pieces below, they are definitely what inspired this next DIY project! 

Sorry, I don't remember  where these images are from,!
They have been in my inspiration file for a while!

I want everyone of these pieces, but I'm not sure I will ever be able to afford any of them!  Even if I won the lottery I'm not sure I would actually spend the kind of money most of these pieces probably cost!  When I was looking for some, most pieces I liked rang in around $1,000!  Yikes!  I'm too cheap to spend that, even if I LOVE them!

A few weeks ago I ran into my local Goodwill store to see if I could find  an end table for my living room.  No such luck in that department, but I did manage to snag these great faux bamboo frames!  Three of them for $3!  My kind of price to fulfill my faux bamboo love!  If I couldn't find the perfect piece of bamboo furniture then I would have to be satisfied with these great bamboo frames! 

Opps! I already started painting one, so only two of my lovely faux bamboo frames got their pictures taken!

The moment I saw them I knew they would be coming home with me! I also thought that they would look fabulous with a gorgeous shade of turquoise paint, which as it turns out I had just pick up from Lowe's a few days previous!

I popped out the images and got to work!

This low VOC Valspar paint went on like a dream with my Purdy paintbrush, love working with this non-stinky paint!

My original thought was that they would look great above my chalkboard side table, but I really HATED it here! Definitely NOT working for me! 

 Something was just off!  It could be the lampshade and table were just a little too shabby chic for my tastes anymore.   I have plans to replace the lampshade with a gorgeous drum shade of some sort, as well as to replace the table, both are on my list of living room makeover musts!

So for now, because I LOVE them, they will sit atop my Ikea bookcase for me to enjoy looking at in my living room!

I just love the bamboo details!

I'm thinking of painting this lampshade with a chalkboard paint!  

 I love how bright and happy this turquoise paint makes my $3 frames, makes me smile every time I look at them!