I mentioned above that this was my first time
painting over hardware, and I'm really pleased with how it turned out!
I simply
painted over the hardware, then used my sand paper to distress, then added my clear and dark waxes for an aged look.
Not exact matches
Come around to our back porch, step
over nubby sticks of sidewalk chalk and scattered bubble wands, and open up the ancient screen door (I think you'll find it slams behind you in the most satisfying of ways) where you'll find a door with peeling
paint and original
hardware: the entrance to my office.
Shared boy's nautical bathroom is equipped with two large black vintage wall sconces mounted on gray walls
over porthole mirrors fixed above a white dual vanity adorning oil rubbed bronze
hardware and a gray stone countertop flanked by anchor towels and complementing a stunning paddle boat
painting.
Stunning bathroom with white and gray marble floors below a wall length floating vanity with chocolate brown, veneer cabinets accented with finger pull
hardware below a white marble counter which frames his and hers sinks with modern faucets below a long vanity mirror illuminated by a tubular frosted glass wall sconce
over walls
painted Benjamin Moore Platinum Gray.
Stunning kitchen with Honed Black Granite countertops
over cabinetry
painted in Benjamin Moore Mountain Peak White embellished with polished nickel
hardware.
All right, there was no stereo and some of the race - car
hardware was barely disguised: the exposed roll -
over bar, the black -
painted bulkhead behind the seats.
JESSICA STOCKHOLDER
Over the Moon [JS 607] 2014 Hook, hollow core door, acrylic
paint, leather, vinyl, webbing, two green plastic pitchers, long lag bolts,
hardware and thread 105 by 63 by 24 in.
Here are some options if you have less than $ 1,000 to spend:
paint your kitchen cabinets and walls, replace outdated lighting with new fixtures, buy a new bathroom vanity on sale at a site like Wayfair.com and install it yourself, change out your cabinet
hardware and swap that Formica surface for a new quartz counter (this could run you
over $ 1,000 but it may be worth it if your counter looks like an episode of The Brady Bunch).
Since I have difficult to replace
hardware on my cabinets, I even
painted over those with the chalk
paint.
The inexpensive kitchen make
over ideas include changing a different color palette scheme, replacing cabinet facing, changing cabinet look by
painting new colors, adding kitchen table, brightening walls and ceilings, lightening up, updating flooring, renewing appliances, changing countertops, and using new
hardware.
For this project, I am using bronze
hardware opulence as a metallic glaze
over the
painted dresser.
The walls are
painted Sherwin - William's Comfort Gray, and we used some more primer, Navajo White
paint, and oil - rubbed bronze
hardware over in the desk area.
Cory read somewhere that you could plop old,
painted hardware in a slow - cooker
over night with water and a bit of dish soap.
SOURCES:
paint: cabinets - Benjamin Moore's «simply white» walls - Farrow and Ball's elephant's breath
hardware: Rejuvenation faucet: Barber Wilsons and Company lights: Anne Morris New York (
over island)
painted glass tile back splash: Greenwich Tile and Marble marble: Statuario Altisimo
All the
hardware had been
painted over by careless landlords and tenants for years, and was not only ugly but also didn't work.
Once dry, dab a small
paint brush into a mix of brown and black slightly - watered - down craft
paint and dab it all
over each
hardware piece and jar lid.
The
paint on the wall is linen by Restoration
Hardware, the rug from Walmart, the couch, ZGallerie, the coffee table, Crate and Barrel, the tv cabinet, Martha Stewart, the chair, Pier One, the curtains, lamps and small table are fromTarget and the cd cabinet and black side table are from World Market, The screen is an antique bought from an auction
over 10 years ago and most...
I first removed the decorative handle
hardware and was disappointed that the plate and plug into which the screws are affixed was plastic... oh boy... and sticky... sticky with an icky dark glaze that I realized had been totally
painted over the entire original reddish - mahogany finish that showed through under the plates.