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Making Things Match… (but not too much)

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 Making Things Match

A Spray Paint Light Fixture Makeover

Rustoleum Metallic Vintage Bronze Light Fixture Makeover Tutorial Tip

Today is All About Making Things Match… but not too much!!

I’m not a real “matchy~matchy” girl but I do like a little continuity to make things cohesive and have a nice, visual flow.

MY DILEMMA:
My kitchen has 5 different light fixture finishes;
1. My shabby~chandy (which is not changing!)
2. A ceiling fan (technically in the sun room, pretty neutral)
3. Two white, 3 bulb, directional lights (they blend)
4. Two gold wall sconces (they are hidden, sort of)
5. And my latest target
(Plus)
A coppery~bronze faucet and shabby drawer hardware.
So yeah. 
The opposite of visually flowing.
The brushed nickle finish on the light above my sink has had a {Bull’s Eye} on it since we replaced our faucet with this
Well, I got some Rust Oleum spray paint in Metallic Vintage Copper a few weeks ago and I have been playing around and getting the feel of it by Painting Everything With It! 
I decided it was a great color match for our faucet and asked Mr Fix it Fox to take down the light so I could paint it.
And being a great honey, he got right on it!

Before

Oh my! When did that happen?
Your surface really does need to be clean,
free of dust, lint, etc… before you paint it if you want a good result.
Or at least it would be, if the glass globes were removable.
BUT…
I got this on sale for $8 bucks.
One globe was broken.
I didn’t care at all because I thought they were really ug-ly anyway and I had been searching for just the right fixture and I really thought I could make this work!
I bought some seed glass globe replacements for a few dollars each and we just used epoxy to secure them in place. So they are permanent. Yeah. You know what that means…
Brake out the Scotch Blue tape.
I’m sharing this in case someone is not familiar working with a curved, circular surface.
TIP: You have to layer the tape on, curving as you go to get a good seal. Each piece you lay on is only protecting a small portion, until you work your way around the whole surface.
After getting my protective layer down, it was time to actually cover the glass. I recycled by giving some plastic shopping bags a second job 😉
Covered the glass, taped them in place, rolled the bags up and out of my way!
Oh. Don’t forget the little screw cover thingies!
(Yes, that is what they are called. Just ask me.)
I lightly screwed mine on the end of an old craft brush so I could evenly coat the whole surface and easily get all the angles. Let it dry, then do the same thing to the other.
TIP: Use light, even strokes when spray painting. I do this and I never get drip marks.
Just layer the paint on in light coats and take your time building the coverage.
 
Time for the “After”!
Here is the faucet;
And here is our new light…
What a super inexpensive, easy way to have the look of a brand new light fixture.
All it took was my time, Scotch Blue painters tape and about a 1/4 can of spray paint.
(see, don’t over paint)
It’s actually deeper and richer in person. A gorgeous spray paint color.  I love it!
 I’m really pleased with this simple solution!
 
I know this might be old hat for you, but you never know… someone out there may have never spray painted before?
And that just won’t do!
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Comments

  1. Victoria Lynn says

    Woo hoo! You GO GIRL!! That looks amazing, like an expensive custom light fixture. You are inspiring me to paint out some old bathroom lights and then maybe on to the ugly gold door knobs…
    Blessings,
    Victoria

Making Things Match… (but not too much)

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