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Take an old tray from trash to treasure with some spray paint

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On a recent trip to Goodwill, I came across an old tray.

It was white with lots of gold stars. Not my style. But I liked the size of the tray.

I knew with a little spray paint, this tray could go from trash to treasure.

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If you guys haven’t noticed, I have a thing for green. So of course I wanted the tray to be green.

Supply list for a tray makeover:

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How to spray paint a tray:

1. Tape off any trim you don’t want painted.

I liked the gold trim on the tray, and I wanted to keep it.

The gold stars, not so much. Those were getting painted over!

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So I started taping the tray to protect the gold trim.

This was the most time-consuming part of the project, especially in the corners where the tray was curved.

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2. Spray paint your tray.

The actual spray painting part of the project took about 10 minutes total.

I put a tarp down on the driveway so I wouldn’t have to worry about getting paint everywhere.

I spray painted the bottom and let it dry.

3. Spray paint the other side of the tray.

Then I spray painted the top, and let that side dry.

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4. Repeat steps 2 and 3. 

I did a second coat on both the top and bottom – and all done!

I propped up the tray in our kitchen. It adds a nice pop of green to the white counters and backsplash.

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Have you spray painted anything old lately?

It’s such a fun, easy way to upgrade something!

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  5. Vicky @ randomlittlefaves.com says

    Very pretty! I love spray paint for this very reason…so easy to make huge changes and salvage something to make it better! Love how your tray turned out!! Definitely adds a beautiful pop to your countertop :). I’ve spray painted 2 things lately….I wanted a chalkboard in my office, so I found a frame the size I wanted at Goodwill. It still had the glass in the frame, so instead of getting rid of that, I just spray painted that with the chalkboard spray paint and it worked like a charm! I also bought a new filofax and wanted gold tab pages, but couldn’t find any on Etsy. Then, I spotted my can of gold spray paint. I laid the tabbed dividers out and spray painted them to be the gold I had envisioned! (and no filofax was injured in the spray painting project…it was safely kept in a separate room, lol).

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  11. Brea says

    I LOVE that color! I recently got some old canning jars and painted them to use for bouquets and gifts! Awesome inspiration. Spray paint rocks!

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  13. Stephanie @ Casa Watkins says

    I love spray painting ANYTHING, lol. So clearly I love this tray. I have a post later this week on a spray painted tray too! What are the odds? 🙂 I love how you maintain your green accents. I keep trying to stay with my color scheme and get distracted very easily. pinned and shared!!

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  16. Donna says

    I have a thing for trays also. I can’t hardly pass one up. They are a good addiction, and can be used everywhere! Love your green one.

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