Whitewashed Basket from ABeachCottage

I receive a daily feed from Sarah at her blog: ABeachCottage. This time she shows us how she found a natural colored wicker basket, and painted it white (of course). Now, I've used spray paint to paint wicker chairs, but she says she uses 2 tablespoons of water based white paint cut with water to produce a white washed effect. Great idea. I'll try that next. And look at her results... all her putty striped pillows, white slipcovers. Ahhhhh.

Here's the before shot