10 Spray Paint Tips: What You Never Knew About Spray Paint

Spray pigment is my favorite means to stretch my decorating budget, as well as over the years I've used it on simply nearly everything (like it's getting ridiculous). 

So, today I've compiled a listing of my top 10 ways that you lot tin run spray pigment to transform items inward your home.

Enjoy!

Let's acquire started.

#1. Spray pigment pocket-sized accessories

As a reformed hoarder of thrift shop junk, this is in all likelihood my favorite means to run spray paint. Just get got whatsoever evidently jane trinket, none of which volition agree if they come upward from a thrift store, as well as encompass them inward spray paint. It's a groovy means to salve coin on decor accessories as well as it almost ever works.

In the above example I used some antique white spray pigment to update 2 bronze candlesticks as well as a greenish vase. In the below picture, I used my favorite silvery spray pigment to update a mirrored tray, a vase, as well as the frame on that artwork.

 

#2. Spray pigment outdated doorknobs

When nosotros outset moved into our house, all of our doorknobs had an outdated brass finish. So, rather than pass hundreds to supersede them (which wasn't actually an selection at the time), I spray painted them amongst my favorite stone oil rubbed bronze spray paint. 

#2. Spray pigment low-cal fixtures.

Over the by few years, I've tardily replaced most of the outdated low-cal fixtures inward our house. To salve money, I searched local thrift stores as well as craigslist for low-cal fixtures that had a groovy shape, as well as and thus I spray painted them. 

Here's the earlier of a $5 thrift shop chandelier I bought.

And here's what it looked similar afterward I spray painted it with office.

You tin notice the master copy post on this chandelier here.

I did the same affair to the outset chandelier I ever hung inward my office. I establish an one-time brass chandelier on eBay, as well as spray painted it white. I also added strings of crystal beads to it, as well as created my ain piddling crystal chandelier. 
See the master copy post here.

That was 1 of the outset weblog posts I ever made.

Embarrassing.

#3. Spray pigment lamps

Spray pigment is also a groovy means to update an one-time lamp. I establish this 1 at the thrift shop for simply a few dollars, but it was horribly dated. So I spray painted the base of operations silvery as well as added a novel drum shade amongst a dark ribbon hotglued around the top as well as bottom.

You tin notice the amount tutorial here.

I also of late spray painted 2 thrift shop lamps inward our invitee bedroom a high gloss white. It's such a groovy solution if you lot don't get got $50-$200 to pass on a lamp.

#4. Spray pigment hardware

If you lot don't honey the master copy hardware on a slice of slice of furniture (or inward your kitchen/bath), you lot tin easily update it amongst a piddling spray paint. For instance, I updated the brassy pulls on my blueish dresser amongst a piddling spray pigment fob I learned.

To acquire them to await a piddling to a greater extent than dimensional, I sprayed them outset amongst Rustoleum pure gold, allow that dry, finely sanded each handle, as well as thus added a piddling Rustoleum Bright Coat Chrome (affiliate links). The gilt gets into all the deep grooves, as well as the silvery form of highlights the raised parts. 

 I also honey stone oil rubbed bronze for hardware, too. It's actually versatile, as well as goes good amongst both gilt as well as silvery accents. I of late used it on our media console hardware.

#5. Spray pigment frames

 Being willing to spray pigment a frame opens upward endless possibilities spell thrifting. You tin completely ignore the electrical flow color of items, as well as simply pick materials upward based on the shape. Nearly every mirror or frame inward our line solid has come upward from a thrift shop or yard sale, as well as most get got gotten spray painted. One of my favorite techniques when spray epitome a frame is to spray some of the deep grooves dark first, as well as and thus acquire over it amongst silvery spray paint. I used this fob on mirror frame inward the below picture.

And on the frame inward our principal bedroom 

(one of my favorites).

You tin fifty-fifty build your ain frame out of some flake forest as well as and thus spray pigment it, similar I did on my DIY gold leafage art.

#6. Spray pigment stripes

This is 1 of my favorite spray pigment techniques, combining spray pigment as well as painter's record to create stripes. I did this on my DIY jewelry organizer, as well as it turned out pretty cool.

#7. Spray pigment furniture.

Spray epitome slice of furniture is an like shooting fish in a barrel means to update a slice without tons of effort. It industrial plant best on smaller slice of furniture similar goal tables or chairs. For example, I spray painted our kitchen barstools silver as well as they've held upward perfectly for years.

Another illustration is this filing cabinet. I spray painted the frame a high gloss dark as well as and thus used chalkboard pigment on each drawer front.

I also spray painted this rocking chair dark dark-brown to mimic an espresso forest tone. 

#8. Spray pigment drapery rods
 I had a bunch of outdated brass drapery rods inward our principal bedroom, as well as rather than supersede them, I simply spray painted them amongst some stone oil rubbed bronze spray paint. It was a groovy solution as well as saved me in all likelihood $50 a window. 

#9. Spray pigment dated bath fixtures

We had a lovely two-toned laid of fixtures inward our invitee bathroom. I absolutely hated them, but couldn't afford to supersede them at the time. So, I spray painted everything. And it's has held upward perfectly for nearly 2 years now. 
You tin come across the details here.

#10. Holiday decor
 Last twelvemonth I establish tons of ornaments at the thrift store, bought nearly 100 for less as well as thus $2, took them dwelling line solid as well as spray painted them to conform my needs. I made a bunch of silvery ones for my ornament wreath and some white ones for my tree.
It was thus like shooting fish in a barrel to do, too. Just run the box they come upward inward to prop them upward spell you lot spray pigment them.

I did something similar for Halloween, too. I bought a bunch of plastic pumpkins at the dollar store, spray painted them silver, as well as used them for decoration. See details here.

Over the years, I've learned a few things nearly the dissimilar spray pigment products available, and I've used all sorts of dissimilar brands. My favorites are Rustoleum, Krylon, as well as Valspar. I prefer the character of Rustoleum over anything else, but sometimes run Krylon as well as Valspar every bit they both get got to a greater extent than color options than Rustoleum. The most durable (in my experience) is the Rustoleum Universal. The 3 inward the oculus (below) are my favorites: Pure Gold, Titanium Silver, as well as Oil Rubbed Bronze. The Titanium Silver is to a greater extent than of a brushed nickel silvery as well as is groovy for almost anything. When I'm inward ask of a shinier chrome silver, my go-to is Rustoleum Bright Coat (far left). It has a gorgeous shiny finish. My favorite white is the Rustoleum Painter's Touch Gloss White. That materials is amazing for piddling accessories...it seriously gives a flawless, ceramic-like finish. 
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And those are my 10 spray pigment tips!

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Instagram Faves & Bathroom Makeovers

Happy Wednesday! 

I'm interrupting our Midweek vi schedule to convey y'all a  update, some Instagram favorites, and a piddling DIY inspiration. We'll selection dorsum upward adjacent week, as well as I can't aspect to present y'all the ii gals I have got scheduled for this month!

So, let's teach started amongst the updates first!

To become far easier for ya'll to uncovering our past times projects, I've updated the 'projects' tab on the blog. 

(Insert virtual high five/chest bump!)

You tin click on the projects tab (shown below amongst the arrow), as well as it volition have got y'all to a listing of the overstep projects on this blog. There were hence many I had totally forgotten about, as well as it was fun to think all of the materials I've done inwards the past times twelvemonth as well as a half! I'm yet working on adding a whole bunch, hence banking concern tally dorsum for to a greater extent than soon!

Click here to have got a walk downwards retention lane, or if you're novel y'all tin direct handle of up!

In other news...do y'all follow on instagram yet? I part tons of delightful daily happenings that never brand their agency to the blog. So, today I idea I'd have got a infinitesimal to part a few of my faves from the calendar month hence far.

#1.

My mom cleaned out her garage today as well as brought me her laid of 1970's arts and crafts books. It's in all probability the best handmedown I've e'er received.

I've already cracked opened upward the 'Cosmetics to Egg Decorations' volume, as well as I cannot limited inwards words. I mightiness but have got to part my findings amongst you.

I hateful who doesn't desire to hear virtually beachcombing, cardtricks, carryalls, as well as egg decorating?

#2.

 We of late added a span of novel additions to the kitchen that I volition last sharing rattling soon. While nosotros (and past times 'we' I hateful 'Jesse') were installing the novel additions, the kitchen was a piddling hectic.

I captured Cheese expressing her honey for the kitchen chaos.

#3.

I don't know virtually you, but to me, summertime feels similar it's almost over earlier it e'er began. It makes me antsy when I start seeing the Trapper Keepers scroll out at the grocery store. 

Slow your roll, Lisa Frank.

 Feeling desperate for something fun to do, terminal Sabbatum I woke upward as well as said 

'Hey, Jesse. Find something fun for us to practice today.' 

Jesse is groovy at organizing adventures, hence I was confident inwards delegating this chore to him. Until I came dorsum out of the sleeping accommodation later getting gear upward as well as he said, 

'We're going to tour the Bush Bean Factory.' 

And he was serious.

I actually though he was kidding. 

Because who on populace tours a edible bean mill for fun?!

Especially when nosotros started driving as well as he convinced me to instead become amongst him to Bass Pro Shop (10 married adult woman points), as well as and hence my vantage would last a dockside tiffin at a nearby marina. So, nosotros went to Bass Pro. And as well as hence nosotros went as well as had a beautiful tiffin nigh the lake. 

And as well as hence on the agency home..... 

this happened.

That sneaky piddling edible bean took me forthwith to the edible bean factory.

He was quite pleased amongst himself.

So, although that has absolutely zilch to practice amongst DIY, I but knew y'all would bask seeing my beautiful edible bean footage.

I but knew.

Now, it's fourth dimension for a piddling DIY inspiration. Have y'all tried out Hometalk yet? It's variety of similar a Pinterest for all things habitation as well as garden. You tin part your ain projects, enquire questions to the Hometalk community, as well as teach inspired past times immature human being DIY-ers! You tin fifty-fifty brand inspiration boards of projects y'all love. Hometalk of late asked me to position together a 'Beautiful Bathroom Makeovers' board to part amongst you. I honey a groovy bath makeover, as well as I know ya'll do, too. It was hence difficult to choose, but I eventually narrowed it downwards to the ones I idea were actually beautiful, as well as actually approachable. You know, something I could run into myself beingness able to practice inwards my ain home. 

So, if y'all teach the chance, hop on over to Hometalk and banking concern tally out my favorite DIY bath makeovers. They totally brand me desire to add together some to a greater extent than coloring to my bathrooms. 

And that's all, ya'll!!

Thanks hence much for stopping past times today as well as listening to my random tidbits!

'Til adjacent time!

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The Kitchen-To-Do-List: Progress Report!

This yesteryear week, nosotros knocked 2 whole things off the kitchen-to-do-list! 

While I would prefer to hold upward the speedy hare who rebuilds his entire kitchen on his luncheon break, I direct hold to settle for beingness the tortoise who makes teeny tiny steps towards the complete line. 

I may never instruct there, but y'all tin bet these piddling turtle legs volition at to the lowest degree instruct an honorable lift for effort. 

I'm pretty certain that the turtle is supposed to win inward that analogy, but let's hold upward realistic.

 Anyways, I'm super excited to demo y'all a yoke of teeny tiny updates that we've made recently.

Last fourth dimension nosotros visited the kitchen was dorsum inward April when I painted our kitchen cabinets in addition to replaced the hardware. It made a huge touching on on the await of the kitchen, but didn't help much amongst the function. The basic occupation is that nosotros direct hold well-nigh 2 inches of cabinet space.  

You may retrieve that this cabinet is where I shop all of my pots, pans, toasters, java machines, tupperware, casserole dishes, in addition to 4 babe giraffes.

I tried to brand it a piddling improve yesteryear ikon it, but plainly that didn't help amongst the lack of infinite issue.

This infinite has non been this laid clean in addition to empty since the solar daytime I took this picture. In reality, it's a full hot mess, in addition to there's non plenty room for even one baby giraffe...or to a greater extent than than three pots.

My ideal scenario would hold upward to expand the kitchen well-nigh 4 feet into the side yesteryear side chamber (which has a giant cupboard that I could cutting inward half, as it would hold upward improve served as kitchen space), but that's only an persuasion I've been pondering in addition to I direct hold no plans to knock downward walls anytime soon. 

So, for the fourth dimension being, I had to await for slow options to help increase our storage space. Rather than go out for to a greater extent than space, it dawned on me that I could instead go up!

See this perfectly skillful empty infinite inward a higher identify the sink...just waiting for me to mess amongst it?

 I direct hold wanted to hang a pot rack since the solar daytime nosotros moved in, but I kept putting it off because all of the ones I flora locally were nearly $200.

So, instead, I purchased this stainless steel pot rack online for exclusively $63. (Amazon Affiliate link)  I was a piddling curious to discovery out if it would hold upward a character rack or non since it was thence inexpensive, in addition to was thence pleased when it arrived inward only few days in addition to was gorgeous. Score 1 for the create out hunters!

I was able to hang all of my pots from it, in addition to it frees upward thence much infinite inward my cabinets! 
Plus, I only genuinely dear the agency it looks.
And did y'all notice the other novel addition?

We replaced the faucet! 
When the sort folks at Moen generously offered to allow us direct hold their Annabelle faucet for a spin, nosotros jumped at the chance, knowing our ain piddling faucet was on its terminal leg.

I've never shared a movie of our one-time kitchen faucet on the weblog before. I ever cropped it out of the pictures.

But, today's your lucky day.

Meet Faucet, Jr. 

 He was a difficult worker, in addition to fifty-fifty though he was falling apart, he was a skillful boy. We've been through a lot over the yesteryear few years.

But all skillful things must come upward to an end, in addition to it was Junior's fourth dimension to retire to greener pastures. 

 Luckily, Jesse is slap-up at crawling into the places I don't desire to crawl into, thence I enlisted his help amongst installing the novel fancy faucet.

It took him less than an hour, in addition to he was oh thence rattling patient as I bounced only about taking pictures of our cats....who had rattling dissimilar ways of dealing amongst the kitchen chaos.

You may retrieve terminal calendar week when I showed y'all this look of terror on Cheese's face.

This 1 was taken well-nigh 30 minutes afterwards after she had apparently reached her limit. (Keep inward hear all she is doing is only watching Jesse quietly install a faucet.)

So, after a piddling fleck of kitchen chaos, here's the kitchen faucet! I've wanted to supervene upon this faucet for thence long, thence this is a full mini-kitchen-dream-come-true.

 I chose 1 amongst the 'spot resist' applied scientific discipline that resists fingerprints in addition to H2O spots, in addition to it is amazing. Who knew that materials genuinely works?! I also dear that it has a pulldown spray head. I'm ever washing off paintbrushes or something as messy, thence this characteristic genuinely comes inward handy.

But my favorite characteristic is the built inward lather dispenser. Our sink ledge is kinda narrow, in addition to our one-time lather dispenser was ever falling into the sink. It drove me absolutely crazy. Now, all nosotros direct hold to practise is fill upward the lather container underneath the counter in all likelihood in 1 trial a month. It's genius.

So, those are the 2 rattling wonderful things nosotros knocked off the kitchen-to-do-list this yesteryear week! 

After ikon the trim and walls, ikon the cabinets, replacing the hardware, ikon the tile, ikon the grout, ikon a chalkboard wall, in addition to straight off a novel faucet in addition to pot rack...we are genuinely moving along! Here's what the kitchen looks similar as of today.

And if you're curious, hither are the things notwithstanding left on my to practise list. (Well, my reasonable list. I've got a crazy list, too.)

Here's a quick breakdown. 

1. Replace the thrift shop chandelier amongst a genuinely cool crystal chandelier flushmount. My piddling chandy is a tad besides large for our depression kitchen ceilings. 

2. Put overnice wooden blinds on our windows. 

After three years of having peeping eyes into our kitchen on a daily basis, you'd intend I would motility this 1 upward the list. 

3. H5N1 overnice rug...perhaps a colorful stripe. 

4. Some colorful fine art betwixt the windows

5. Comfier barstools.

Now, let's chop-chop verbalize over #5. You may retrieve when I spray painted my thrift shop stools silver. While I notwithstanding intend they await great, I've been keeping my oculus out for something comfier. I similar to sit down at that topographic point a lot in addition to work, thence I'm certain my behind would appreciate it if I flora something cushier. 

I saw these at Marshall's only yesterday, in addition to I was 2 seconds away from hauling them home, but realized that they were besides short. They were exclusively $99 each, in addition to absolutely perfect for what I needed. Aren't they cute?

So, the search continues for cute in addition to comfy barstools.

I'll hold y'all inward the loop on whatever discoveries.

Until then, I'll only savour the progress we've made! So, that's all for today! Thanks for stopping by!

And a large give cheers y'all to Moen for allowing us to savour their Annabelle faucet! You tin banking concern represent out all of the beautiful faucets Moen has to offering here.

'Til following time!

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The Wed 6: View Along The Way

Welcome to this week's Midweek 6! I'm together with therefore excited to convey Kelly from View Along The Way equally our invitee today! Kelly is together with therefore talented, together with her inventiveness never ceases to amaze me! Today I've picked my fave vi projects to percentage alongside ya'll, together with they are absolutely amazing! So, let's instruct started!







#1. The cutest laundry room ever.

Kelly's laundry room is together with therefore cute that it's famous. Seriously. This badboy has been all over Pinterest together with was fifty-fifty featured inwards concluding month's Better Homes & Gardens magazine. Just inwards illustration you lot somehow missed it, you lot absolutely convey to become banking company represent out the details of this room. Kelly created the entire bedroom and inwards our invitee bedroom. They're together with therefore convenient together with slowly to clean. I absolutely adore Kelly's thought to brand your ain out of ii bedsheets. See how she did it here.

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