What to do with the metal piece around shelf?
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This shelf is above my sink in my kitchen. It has an antique gold metal piece attached to it. I typically place pretty plates behind this, but I am not liking the antique gold. What can I do to update this? Thank you for any advice.
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Brass can be spray painted...in looking at your photo I wonder if it's possible to remove this...maybe you have hidden screws on either side inside the cabinets?? If you can remove this a great product is Rustoleum spray paint in many colors...comes in Metallic, Hammered, Flat or Satin...I used Oil Rubbed Bronze on my brass hardware on a chest of drawers and they look brand new...you could choose the color which blends best with your kitchen....if it cannot be removed you will have to a lot of covering and taping around it in place...but spraying in the house is going to create lots of overspray unfortunately....Best of Luck...!!
Jan Loehr
on May 20, 2016
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Honestly your photo is very dark and hard to tell if this can be removed to re-spray paint with a newer look.
Janet Pizaro
on May 20, 2016
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The posts are bolted from underneath. Can easily be removed. Also you may consider painting the back a color off the back splash tile to lighten things up.
William
on May 20, 2016
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I'm wondering if you could add tin to the back panel (either permanent or command picture strips) so your light would reflect and make whatever you put there show better? If the pieces can be removed, I agree that spray painting would be a great update !
DF
on May 21, 2016
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So easy today to find the right kind of paint, easy job. My first thought was to go a gun metal grey, but maybe some bright cheerful color, you can always repaint it very time you mood or kitchen colors change.
Johnchip
on May 21, 2016
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I like William's idea of lighten the back up. You may even want to consider putting in antique mirror tile.
Sonia Burrows
on May 21, 2016
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Remove the metal, paint the shelf off white - fill in the holes with wood filler.
Cindy Hagemann
on May 22, 2016
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