Comments on: An easy upgrade

By: SBSC

SBSC — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:30:21 +0000

I like this because of all the DIY projects out there, this one actually looks like something I could do on ym own.

By: Shabby Chic Garden Furniture

Shabby Chic Garden Furniture — Tue, 20 May 2008 04:51:02 +0000

Are people still going to use this, its virtually obsolete now isnt it ?

By: Twistie

Twistie — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:47:29 +0000

I’m married to the king of garage sale and thrift store finds. Probably the best thing in the house is the chandelier he found with a free sign by the side of the road when his mother just happened to desperately need a new lighting fixture for the dining room. We’ve been talking about doing some redecorating of late, and when I started talking about the dining room the first thing he said was ‘we can get rid of that old chandelier.’ My response? ‘Are you kidding me??? I’m going to base the room around it!’

No spray painting, though. It’s a fabulous combination of black iron and dark wood with knobbly glass. When I paint this room in deep, lush colors and toss some heavy velvet curtains over the windows, it’s going to look beyond awesome.

But if a chandelier is just meh and a coat of paint might brighten it up properly, I say test your spray painting skills on something small of the same materials. If that works out, go for it! I’m kind of in love with that blue chandelier now.

By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:04:03 +0000

The candle-ier? I love it!

By: ArteEsVida

ArteEsVida — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:45:45 +0000

I’ve done something similar, but stripped out the wiring first (call it a candle-ier) if you will. I’ve done one for my back porch and my mom’s front porch. JaneC, I use Krylon Fusion and it is a the uncoordinated girl’s best friend!

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:20:21 +0000

I love it so much I might have to run out and buy one at a secondhand store and paint it pink, to go with the dining room. Really.

By: JaneC

JaneC — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:26:34 +0000

Having spray-painted some lamps in my time, I wouldn’t advise anyone to spray-paint a brass chandelier without doing some kind of pre-treatment or else having much, much better spray-painting skills than I do. I never did manage to get my lamps to have even color all over, even after four coats of paint. They look distinctly home-made: home-made in the “painted by a 3-year-old” sense rather than the “I’m the next Martha Stewart” sense. But then, I am not exactly the queen of spray-paint.