DIY: Paint Your Refrigerator
by
Kellie from Design Asylum Blog
(IC: blogger)
5 Materials
Is your refrigerator just ho-hum? Does it stick out like a sore thumb?
Is it bringing you down?
Well I have your solution!
Paint your Refrigerator with Velvet Finishes
http://www.velvetfinishes.com
Is it bringing you down?
Well I have your solution!
Paint your Refrigerator with Velvet Finishes
http://www.velvetfinishes.com
A friend of mine picked this up on the side of the road.
I had a meeting of the minds with The Handler and The Accomplice on the millions of ideas I have for this lovely white box. The Handler asks what kind of shape the inside is in and naturally - because I fall for their crap every time - I open the doors.
Did they not watch The Godfather??? That is the stuff nightmares are made of. Ugh!!
We base painted in Vivid. It took 3.5 coats. Red always requires more coats than other colors. We did 3 solid and a touch up coat in a few spots to even out the color.
I had no particular pattern in mind so as we added another piece of tape we used an arbitrary measurement. For example, if we decided the next stripe would be two inches apart from the previous one, we measured along the tape and made little guide marks at 2, so we would know where the next piece would go.
The process may appear complicated but I promise, it's really not. Just start with whatever angle you choose and measure your distance between for each new piece of tape.
Now for the fun part! The painting of the stripes!! I chose three colors for striping and decided which colors I wanted to have as the most dominant and began with Boheme.
After I had applied two coats of all my accent colors, I pulled the Frog Tape off to reveal my perfect stripes!
LOOK AT THOSE PERFECT LINES!!!!!!
Could your refrigerator use a face lift?
Enjoyed the project?
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
Published September 7th, 2015 10:55 AM
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Moana on Oct 08, 2018
OMG. That would be my refrigerator. Now I have options: contact paper or paint. Hmm... which one, which one?
Either way, I will be satisfied with the outcome!
Thanks for sharing your ideas!
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Does t his work on Stainless Steel?
I want to paint my fridge with a “bringing the outside in including a faux window “. I have no idea where to start. Any ideas?
That paint system is expensive! How about acrylic paint and sealed with poly?