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Spray Painted Chandlier

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#1 ·
We have this old chandlier that was real shiney brass.
All I ever did to clean it was to use a soft undershirt.

It was in perfect condition and I loved it, but the shiney
brass is out of style...Not that I care what's in and what's out,
but, it was in your face 'bright.' :eek:

So, I bought Rust-olium antique hammered bronze... and said, I hope we've not going to mess this up!
He said, so we'll buy a new one...but, really
that outcome was not what I wanted. I love the style of this one...

So we took it out on the deck, hung it from the Pergola, said a Hail Mary
:) and started spraying...three or four thin coats later, I was happy.
I even painted the cloth shades, a bronze craft paint on the outside and gold on the inside.
The gold paint I bought from Home Depot, I've used
for many things...but that's another story. I'll get the pic's.
 
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#20 ·
Pic's you say...be careful what you ask for Benny! :yes:
I have tons of pics.

Here is the old pitted two dollar brass clock...
After we got this clock, about a week or so later,
we went to another yard sale and bought another clock face
for three dollars. (that one was in excellent condition)

The head knot said, "I thought you wanted to make the
Bulova clock for your desktop?" I said that -- I always wanted to design a
lyre clock for the piano.(and I love, love lyers) So, we can make them at the same time. :yes:

We never make anything -- unless we know exactly where it is going when
it's finished, unless its a gift of course.

Here's the old pitted brass clock...I'll be back with the pic's of the two completed clocks, after I do an archive search.
 

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#21 ·
Here are both clocks... The Bulova was made with QS white oak
left over from our kitchen build. We trimmed it in Walnut, left over
from out kitchen table top. The lyre clock was also left over
QS white oak, I had originaly intended to make the lyre clock from
walnut, but we were out of walnut, so I said what the heck, let it be
QS oak. It will be lively looking for sure.
The little feet are seperate, so that in case I changed my mind
about it's location -- it can also be hung on a wall.
 

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#22 · (Edited)
Here is the home I chose for the lyre clock, or should I say I made it for this
location. The clock face also tilts around...the winding key on top was an
afterthought, I have a lot them. :) afterthoughts I mean.

I have to find where the Bulova desk pics are?

I'll be back.
 

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#24 ·
I was looking for more clock pic's of clocks we made when
I came across these pics of my little table
project...
This is a project that I did out of boredom one weekend.
I have this little table that I got from my dad.
I love this table cause it fits next to my chair in the Den.

Holds my drinks, books, reading glasses, remotes etc...Well, I did severe
water damage to it with a plant (this is not the antique table that I referenced
above, that the head knot restored)
So, he first sanded the top, then covered the top with leather.
I had it like that for several years. Also, I painted it gold.

Then one weekend, I gathered up some shiny pennies and a few dimes
and glued them to the top with elmers glue. In the middle I glued
a Queen Elizabeth coin. After it dried, I gave it several thin coats of poly.

The chair we re-upholstered in leather a year ago.
that we scored from Mercedes Benze.
This chair was originaly a rescue
from my sisters garage, she was about to put it on the curb.
We had enough leather to make a matching foot stool.

This is the table and how it fits next to the chair.

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#25 ·
I just found this in photobucket...This is it halfway glued.
You can see the leather covered top underneath.
The leather was a leftover from our old leather sofa
that we stripped. I sprayed that gold too.
I'm dangerous with a spray can.:yes:
After all the pennies were glued, I pulled some out and inserted
dimes to kick it up a notch.

 
#26 ·
Neat table just the right size for the chair too.

I saw someone do a penny floor once though it looked cool. We actually don't have what we call 1 cent pieces in Australia, got rid of them and the 2 cent pieces about 10 years ago. 5 cents is the smallest we have and the 5 cent piece is smaller than the 10 cent piece...drives me nuts that a dime is smaller than a nickel lol.

I have never mastered spray paint but I have not used any American spray paint....maybe its different lol. Did it harden the leather or was that a different kind of paint?
 
#28 ·
Thank you Robyn and WKerney,
Robyn, I had no idea you were from Australia.

The sprayed leather on the table top worked
out well. It hardened and looked good.

I have a lot of cream leather left
over from my chair, as we bought two skins,
...haven't dreamed up what to do with it yet,
but, eventually something will come to mind.

Wkearney,... Crafty Devil, I like that!:yes:

It was my hope that others would post their stuff
on this thread, painted or otherwise..but,if no one has
any objections I can keep going. :wink:
I have more clocks...:yes:
 
#29 ·
Ok, After our breakfast room was completed, we had a little piece
of wall left next to the spice cabinet. So, I drew up a little shaker
clock. I cut out all my clocks out of oaktag, which we use for a pattern,
also, I tape the oaktag pattern to the wall to see if the size is right.
If it looks good we head down to the shop, if not I change it

WE made a cutting error on one side of the clock and then had to follow suite on the other side and cut that narrow too...
It was a lucky mistake,
as the new slimmer clock looked adorable.:yes: We used QS white oak.
First, I'm going to show a shot of the breakfast room. We made everything in this room, except for the 4 ladder back chairs.
We did made the table top and two small lyre storage chairs (chairs are not visable in this photo)
Here is the breakfast room...There is a TV in the triple door cabinet.
Remember I said I never build anything until I know exactly what is going in it? I know, I'm a nut. :yes:
Here is the clock that was an oops...
The next clock after this -- that I'll show you is just adorable, as I
got a real brainstorm with that one -- which involved our son.
I have to go to work now, so it wil be later...

The pic under the clock is the head knot at 8 years old (in the foreground) A professional photographer picked them up as they were
hitchhiking to the lake and took this shot. The following year they
showed up on a calender in the month of August, much to his parents surprise, as they never knew this was taken.

ok, back to the oops clock...
 

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#30 ·
Here is the other shaker clock we made for the kitchen. I specifically
made the 'mouse hole' so that our son could whittle me a mouse.

The mouses heads moves around and he's holding a piece of cheese.
It is so cute...the next thing he made me (by request) was Snoopy
in a bi-wing Fokker...it was meant to be a whirly-jig, but It's so
awesome that we hung it inside the den window.

here's the mouse shaker clock...and a close up of the mouse...
 

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#32 ·
This clock I found on a discount table at a craft and clock supply
shop where i bought the paper faces and hands for the shaker clocks...

It had a nice convex glass dome and was brass. It was
discounted to 6.00 dollars...I sprayed the brass with the bronze paint,
then printed out a pic of our koi "little red nose" ...took off the hands
and glued the pic in the center. Then we made the wood back for it,
I wanted it to look like a pocket watch...the one pic is to show the
size, the other one is it hanging in place in the galley part of the kitchen.

It's no big shakes, but I think it would make an awesome gift to a pet
owner of a cat, dog, horse, or whatever...as a gift. A Pet Clock...:laughing:
 

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#35 ·
The antique chess table that belonged to the head knots
grandparents...the top was totally ruined with severe water damage.
I thought it was beyond repair.
The head knot surprised me with the restoration, At least seven
tiles were replaced, it also had several numerous cigarette
burns.
 

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#39 ·
Good work



This is a great DIY job. I have tried to spray this product on the lining of my closet doors to get the same type of look you were going for, but did not have the same result. I need a little more practice working with spray paints because I tend to complaint about the cost of the good stuff.
 
#40 ·
Hi Kacee, Yes, it takes some practice to get it right. I was lucky though,
on our Chandlier, I think. :yes:

Here is all the all the frames freshly painted with a combo of hammered bronze and gold leaf.
When I put the light on, it lights up the paintings
beautifully, but it's hard to photograph cause the light glares in the
photo...

These are among our favorite paintings that the Head Knots Dad
painted. He especially painted a couple of dozen paintings for me through
the years...The two on the left were painted in the early to mid 1940's

The two on the right were painted in the late 1970's. This is a perfect place for them
as they are across from our sofa and my chair, so we can enjoy looking at them all the time.

Having said that, I could remove one of the paintings on the right and
put it by my desk (in the same room) and spread the remaining three
out? any feedback appreciated.
 

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#42 ·
Personally, I like the picture from 2008. I tend to space out my pictures a little more for some symmetry, but I am no interior decorator. The thing I love most about DIY projects is that art is always subjective. I love how you have all the pictures over the TV, since the TV is usually the centerpiece of the room these days.
 
#46 ·
This is the first time I have checked out your thread, I was thinking, "a sprayed chandelier?", man was I wrong, it looks great, I am in awe. TK you and your husband are really talented, I wish I had checked in sooner. Thanks for shearing some of your fantastic projects.
 
#48 · (Edited)
Thank you Gentlemen, but it was a very easy project. (once you take
down the chandelier and hang it outside). You need to do a
light sanding first and do a few light coats of spray paint, allowing it to dy in between.
I also spray painted our wrought iron table as well as our brass light
in the bathroom.

This is another brass light, only this one we actually took down twice a year to polish it with Noxon. :(

We sprayed this after the chandlier, what a pleasure to just have to feather dust it. :yes:

The second pic is the wrought iron table base that belonged to
the heads knots Grandpa. It was in my secret garden for
years and years and one day I took a second look and a light bulb went off in my head.

I schleped it in and we made a walnut top for it, and then I designed
two small chairs that we made shortly after. I wanted to be able to seat
six people at the kitchen table, so that when the kids came over for a casual
meal - I wouldn't have to set up the dining room table.
this was in 2009.
 

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