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Shabby Chandelier Make Over
by
Cherie Aldridge Vickers
(IC: homeowner)
4 Materials
$45
4 Hours
Easy
I found an older chandelier on the cheap. I didn't know if it was going to work or if all the pieces were there, but I figured it I could try to make something to go into the big girl's room. I think she is going to be super surprised when she gets home from college for the summer!
Step one: I removed all the crystals -yes, they are real crystal as I managed to cut myself on a broken one within minutes of digging it out of the box!
We hung it to take it apart!
I taped up the crystal and inserted paper towels to help cover the electric lines during the cleaning. Yes, I used painter's tape!
Scrub, scrub and scrub...
It was time for the painting to begin and my hubby took over. He used a metallic nickle spray paint. He sprayed about 4 light coats, letting each dry in-between. He was slow and methodical, shaking the can the entire time.
After the first several coats of paints, the color was really shaping up!
It took about 6 light coats to complete the job! It took about 2 coats to do the base covers. I then re-assembled the strings of crystals in some sort of order....
In the big girl's room! shhhhhh
and voila!
It was a lot of fun to do this...
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Suggested materials:
- Chandelier (garage sale)
- Brushed Nickle Spray Paint (Limeberry Lumber)
- Black Spray Paint (Limeberry Lumber)
- Dawn dish soap (Walmart)
Published April 29th, 2016 2:55 PM
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Lissa Taylor on May 31, 2016Gorgeous!!
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Cherie Aldridge Vickers on May 31, 2016The one in the pic? :-)
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