Dotted Hat Boxes

Way back when I was a young Spring Breaker I bought these Looney Tunes themed boxes from the Warner Bros store (I don’t think they exist anymore). I couldn’t resist the vintage style travel stickers with some of my favorite cartoon friends. Was it a brilliant decor decision? Probably not. But here we are many years later and they were serving as a night stand. Practically front and center. Embarrassing.

Time to give them an update. There is no denying their practical storage use so I decided to give them a fresh coat of paint to make them visually appropriate in my not-yet-but-soon-to-be-renovated master bedroom. Spray paint to the rescue. White tops with black bottoms was the goal with black polka dots to add some interest.

It was going well until…the paint on the lid started to bubble and lift. I still have no idea why this happened on just one of the lids but after trying to scrape it off, sand it off and re-applying the paint, the top box was sacrificed to the ever hungry “DIY oops pile.”

For the dots, I used self adhesive black foam and a hole punch. It wasn’t exactly a perfect process but we (my Mom was here to help) made it work. Maybe it was the champagne that helped.

Even though I’m down one box (luckily the top one and not the middle one!), I’m very happy with how they turned out. I’m sure once the bedroom is done they will have a prominent spot to shine!