Meaningful Nest: Pinterest

On my last post, I picked three contenders to try to link up to the Pinterest Challenge. I picked the one that 1)took the least amount of time and that 2)I already had the items needed on hand. Sounds lazy, I know, but I am planning my daughter's 7th birthday party this weekend here at my house and have many other things going on, so I needed it to be that way to make the Tuesday deadline! However, I do plan on painting my pottery and stenciling my dining room wall (see last post for those inspirations). I already bought my stencil and paint and got the wall prepped! From tutorials I have read on this project, I know it's a loooong process so I didn't try to break my neck (and hand) doing this one yet. However, this month of July is sacred for me being a teacher because the month of August will be busy for me getting my classroom ready! I still plan on doing projects and as many posts as I can in August but stenciling a wall probably won't be on the schedule. So my goal is to do that this month, cross your fingers for me on that.

Anyway...back to my original topic...I chose to do the beverage cart as my Pinterest Challenge. Here was the inspiration picture that I chose from Pinterest:

Remember, my metal cart came from my parents' basement laundry room and was holding their detergents and supplies. I know we had this cart in our laundry room even as I was growing up, so it's been around the block.

Here is what the cart looked like when I took it from my parents' house. This is after I swept major cobwebs and nastiness off of it just to put it in my car. It had major rust on the bottom shelf.

All projects seem to go more smoothly when you have a cute 7 year-old helper in her PJ's, don't you think?

I ended up taking the cart apart so that I didn't have to tape or try to cover the chrome handles and sides. I want this cart to primarily go on our enclosed back porch (see recent post on that project here)
and I wanted it a fun, punchy color, so I decided to go with this bold red.

I love that the cart is on wheels. I plan on using it to put drinks on when we have company, plants on when we don't , and everything in between. I have never had a cart before, so who knows? Eventually it may turn into a mobile office. :)

Here it is painted and put back together:

And for right now, I decided to embrace the season and make it a fun cart to go on the porch.

I plan to use it this weekend to hold all kinds of fun for Riley's birthday party. I can't wait to post some pictures of that soon. I have never hosted a kids birthday party at my house before, so we'll see.

Be sure to stop back soon to see my painted pottery, stenciled wall, and birthday shenanigans.

Also, make sure you check out not only my Pinterest Challenge beverage cart, but the tons of other inspirations here.

Linking up to:
NOT Just a Housewife- Show Me What Ya Got
Centsational Girl-Pinterest Challenge
Young House Love-Pinterest Challenge
Ten June-Pinterest Challenge
Shabby Nest-Frugal Friday
French Country Cottage-Feathered Nest Friday
It's A Hodgepodge Life-It's a Hodgepodge Friday
I Love Pretty Little Things--Friday Pretties
Romantic Home--Show and Tell Friday
Sassy Sites--Feature YOU Friday
Savvy Southern Style-Wow Us Wednesdays