Easy Schmezy DIY Light Fixture Facelifts…

I love when updates are simple.  You got ten minutes? Go from this

to this

I like to use Modern Masters Metallic Paints.   This one was done with Modern Masters Blackened Bronze and Modern Masters Statuary Bronze.   Put a little bit of paint on a plastic tray,  add in a little thinner, to give it some translucency – (MM makes an Extender for Metallic Paints that works – I use glaze),  then just take a small brush , dip in,  off load it onto paper towel and then chip/pounce/stipple it onto your fixture – bounce it all around.  I didn’t tape this fixture off because the glaze made it wet enough where it wiped right off the glass.    Thats it.  Some of the base can show through.  It doesn’t matter – it just all works together.    No top coat.  No need.

Heres another one.  Same client.  Before (and this one was a new fixture, and almost went back because the black was too stark, but client liked the fixture otherwise, and liked the price as well -

I hit this with the same thing – mostly Statuary Bronze, a little it of Blackened Bronze -

I should note,  this will work when your original fixture is a painted finish -not metal.  For metal (chrome, brass etc ) see below -

A few other examples …    before -

after – theres more to this one.  First brush on Caromal Colours Smooth Basecoat in Chocolate color,  then when dry,  stipple/bounce/pounce Modern Masters Metallic Paint Antique Bronze  cut with some extender or glaze -

Last one?   One more ‘rubbed bronze’  copy….    the old -

and the updated-

sniffle sniffle….  that bathroom is no more….. anyone following me this last week knows,  a plumbing leak resulted in this bathroom being gutted.   I don’t look forward to having to redo the walls – any finisher will tell you that its REAL difficult to get your own house finished

Back to the topic -  Modern Masters is available online,  but it will be cheaper to find it local – check your Benjamin Moore dealers near you,  or Modern Masters site.

Want more DIY ideas? Head on over to A Soft Place To Land – Kimba is having a party!

Happy painting!