Painted Ceiling Fan

Do you remember this girlish fan that hangs in my youngest son’s bedroom?

It’s white…it’s plain….it’s B.O.R.I.N.G!!!

Well…..not anymore……

{sorry for the awful photos.  I had a dickens of a time photographing it}

I simply removed the fan blades and spray painted! 

 

Here’s how I did it:

{cause you know you want to do this too}

 

• Remove the fan blades with a screw driver.  (assuming you want them a different color) 
• Clean all the parts really well!
• Protect the areas that you don’t want painted with masking tape and newspaper.  I masked off the ceiling and the electrical light sockets.
• Open up a window to provide good ventilation. 
• Spray paint the motor assembly of the fan and the screws one color.  (2 coats)
• Spray paint the fan blades another color.  (2 coats) 

• Let the paint dry.
• Remove masking tape and paper.
• Reassemble the fan blades to the motor mount.
• Turn on the fan.
• Step back and WOW yourself and your family!!!

One last thing about the paint…..

Red paint ~ Krylon Fusion (Wal-mart)

Silver paint~ I used a combination of these two spray paints.  The Valspar (Lowes) was the first coat because it has a deep dark under tone.  The Rust-Oleum (Wal-mart) was used as the top coat because it has a light shimmering quality.  Almost to the point of being glitter-like.  I like the way the two paints worked together to give it dimension. 

I just can’t get over how well this turned out.  Again I’m sorry the photos aren’t doing it justice.  This is a project that I had been thinking about for awhile and now I couldn’t be more excited about the way it turned out :D

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Hugs & Kisses,

 

Carrie