Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Monday, July 8, 2013
Rubbed the Right Way
I have lots of little updates happening around the house. I've heard that brass is starting to make a comeback. Since I am no slave to fashion, I am still embracing the Oil Rubbed Bronze movement. Today I was blessed with some mild weather and a little bit of time, so I decided to see what I could get done before My Vet got home.
First I grabbed a screwdriver and started to remove some hardware. Then I remembered I wanted to share it with you and stopped so I could grab a before photo.
I removed grime and old paint from the hardware with some fingernail polish remover, There are probably lots of things that would work. We did pedicures over the weekend so I had it handy.
I finished removing the hardware and found an old piece of foam to anchor my pieces I wanted to paint. Since knobs tend to take a beating, I made sure to prime.
Using a good quality paint, I lightly sprayed several coats of paint. Since they were really light, they dried quickly and I was quickly able to do more coats. The light coats also insured no paint drips.
I then grabbed the ORB and did several more light coats, making sure to get around any moving parts and getting all angles.
After letting it sit for a bit to dry in the shade, I reinstalled and walla!
I liked the results so much I decided to make over all the old mismatched knobs in the house. They look great, but now the hinges look dingy...
First I grabbed a screwdriver and started to remove some hardware. Then I remembered I wanted to share it with you and stopped so I could grab a before photo.
I removed grime and old paint from the hardware with some fingernail polish remover, There are probably lots of things that would work. We did pedicures over the weekend so I had it handy.
I finished removing the hardware and found an old piece of foam to anchor my pieces I wanted to paint. Since knobs tend to take a beating, I made sure to prime.
Using a good quality paint, I lightly sprayed several coats of paint. Since they were really light, they dried quickly and I was quickly able to do more coats. The light coats also insured no paint drips.
I then grabbed the ORB and did several more light coats, making sure to get around any moving parts and getting all angles.
After letting it sit for a bit to dry in the shade, I reinstalled and walla!
I liked the results so much I decided to make over all the old mismatched knobs in the house. They look great, but now the hinges look dingy...
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Orange You Glad I Didn't Say Banana?
Lame knock-knock joke aside, I have been wanting to change my red door and have gone back and forth between banana or orange?
I like the touches of yellow, but I know My Vet isn't a huge fan of the pastel blue or the yellow, So I decided Blaze Orange in honor of his love of hunting would be my inspiration.
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| Old Picture of the red door. |
I like the touches of yellow, but I know My Vet isn't a huge fan of the pastel blue or the yellow, So I decided Blaze Orange in honor of his love of hunting would be my inspiration.
I like how it ties in so well. This is becoming my favorite room in the house! Have you been doing any painting lately?
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| I know removing the screen would make it pop, but WAY to many bugs to do that! |
I also updated the hardware with some paint!
View some other great ideas over at “Inspire Me Please” Weekend Blog Hop #18 hosted by Love of family and home/
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