I DIY: Transform Your Old Boots Into Wild Pastel Steppers!

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Chances are you've got a pair of go-to boots that took you through the winter months. And, most likely, they're more beat-up than broken in, but you don't have the heart to throw them out. Resist heading toward the garbage! Inspired by these pastel galaxy booties from Anthropologie, we decided to slap some acrylic on ours to extend their lifespan.   Painting leather may seem like a taboo move, but we totally went there and created some kicks that are Peter Pan meets Monet. We know they won't last for too much longer (cracking is inevitable), but they'll certainly go out with a bang! Click on for the DIY tips to transform yours.   For more, read the full article: http://www.refinery29.com/painted-boots?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=referral

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00:07Hi guys, I'm Chloe with Refinery29 and today on IDIY we're going to be taking this old pair of

00:13leather boots and giving it a sort of impressionist almost galaxy paint job. So let's get started.

00:19You'll need a pair of leather boots, container for water, a sponge, paint brushes, a tarp,

00:27an assortment of paint and a sealer. So for the first step we're going to want to put a primer

00:32on the leather. I went ahead and put some rubbing alcohol to make sure that there was no sealing

00:37already on the leather and then once I did that I'm going to take paint primer I got at Michael's

00:43and I'm going to put it in water about half and half and mix that up and this way the

00:51leather

00:51will soak in the paint before just putting it on flat on the surface. You'll want to do that a

00:58couple more times and let it dry because it will be using acrylic paint you'll want to make sure

01:02you're kind of flexing the leather throughout the process as it dries that way you won't get all

01:07those cracks when you're finished. So now I'm going to go ahead and paint a white base I'm just going

01:13to use an acrylic paint you can leave the wood exposed but we're going to go ahead and just paint

01:17everything today. So once your first coat of white paint is dry I went ahead and did about two more

01:23coats just to get rid of the black so it's a nice primer and then I'm going to go ahead

01:27and start and

01:28do a green paint now and cover the whole shoe and I'm going to mix a couple different green paints

01:34and I'm just going to cover the whole shoe in this darker emerald green. So now that I have my

01:40green

01:40coat on I went ahead and let that dry about an hour. Now I'm going to take my sponge and

01:45put some yellow

01:46and kind of rose metallic accents all over the green and it's just up to you how you want to

01:53do it but

01:54I'm just going to start sponging it on and then overlay it with green afterwards. So now I have both

02:00shoes done and they have this sort of impressionist painting look to it and I'm going to take a sealer

02:07spray and coat it so that when I go outside it's not going to get torn up. This is a

02:12great project for

02:13taking your old winter boots and sort of working that pastel trend in for spring. They're a little

02:18bit wild but I'm really loving them and definitely let's go try them out.

02:43you

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