My little cousin, well, not little, she's a TEENAGER, recently had her first teenage bedroom make-over. The little girl room, with all it's pastel beauty is gone and in it's place is the contemporary, adult'ish, I'm growing up palette of young womanhood. I STILL remember my teenage room make-over. *sigh*... Went from Care Bears to all white and ruffles. 20 years later (wow, that sounds OLD), but yes, 20 years later, I still have that comforter. It's been stitched and sewn quite a bit, but it's so soft. I just can't part with it.
Anyway, on to the point of my story, my big cousin asked me if I could paint her big girl's ceiling fan irons. Of course I would!! Anything for our little lady!!
A blank little flower slate!!
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| painters tape and a blade |
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| cut away the tape |
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| Tape the whole iron and then tape the ends in some grocery bags |
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| low grit Steele wool |
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| I decided to hot glue the center of the flower, thought it would be easier than taping. Didn't "pop" off as easily as I wanted, but got a nice clean end result. |
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| prime, black then silver |
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| The black |
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| the silver on top of the black |
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| Now I took a firm brush to the silver while still damp to smudge the black back |
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| Watching paint dry... |
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| I used the metallic silver Painters pen to touch up around the edge. |
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| The best accident control I've found yet! Takes paint oopsies off almost everything. Including wood floors. |
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| Taa-daa!!! |
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| Brushed nickle looking flower blade irons!! |
Wish the pictures showed the true color better. Oh well...
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