![]() I found these pulls and my heart was set on them. Again, I was trying to find something that would compliment the faucet and give off that rustic/farmhouse vibe. Plus, Amazon Prime member over here so we got this in two days at our doorstep! □□ Yay for technology in 2018. It’s the little things you notice… am I right!? I found this one on Amazon and fell in love instantly. I would go to make pasta and have to have the pot at an angle under the faucet to fill it since it was so short. ![]() This was something I learned after living in our apartment for three years. I was looking for a country style faucet with a hose sprayer and I wanted to be sure to find one that was tall enough to fit a large stock pot underneath. A lot of time would be spent here preparing for holidays, dinners, and late night cookie baking. I love how it turned out! I started with the faucet since I knew that I wanted this to be the focal point of the kitchen. We used oil-rubbed bronze hardware in our kitchen and I think it has toned down a lot of the “pretty” that was going on with those white cabinets. Since we went with white cabinets in our kitchen I wanted to use hardware that would have a pretty good contrast against them. One of the easiest ways I did this was by adding hardware that had an old school look. With this decision, I also realized I would need to “rough” it up a bit by adding some elements that weren’t so polished. There is just something so fresh, crisp and timeless about them. When they were dry, I made a little hole in each one and screwed them right on where the old ones were.Ever since this home of ours was just a figment of our imagination, I knew that I wanted a (mostly) white farmhouse kitchen. I got 2 ping pong balls from the garage and spray painted them with the same chrome paint I used on the lamps. I spray painted both lamps with a silvery chrome metallic paint and then painted the bases and the old stained shades with black chalkboard paint because I had 1/2 a gallon left from a previous project.ĭuring this quick and easy lamp facelift, I actually misplaced one of the original decorative pieces that fastens the lampshade to the top of the lamp itself.Īfter searching the area I was working in for what seemed like an eternity, I got an idea. ![]() I decided to give our 2 livingroom table lamps an update to match with our new color scheme (from light pine laminate flooring to light grey laminate flooring and from light beige walls and trim to light/semi dark grey walls with crisp white trim). We’re giving our home a bit of a makeover with new flooring and a fresh coat of paint on the walls so in keeping with our very limited budget, we decided to DIY everything that we possibly could. Have you spray painted anything interesting lately? I could put a faux crystal knob on just about anything…it may be an addiction. I couldn’t be happier with the result! I use this same method to create crystal knob finials for my DIY curtain rods! These cheap little knobs can also be found around our home on top of candle jars and diy garden cloches. We installed them six months ago, and they are holding up very well. They help me put the “Chic” in my farmhouse chic kitchen. Who doesn’t love some sparkle in their life? □ At first, I tried to cut them myself, but it takes some serious muscle to cut the hardware with bolt cutters! Jason cut the bolts down to size with bolt cutters and installed the knobs on our recently painted cabinets. After the paint had a couple days to dry thoroughly, remove the painters tape. I love this metallic paint because it has an easy spray handle, plus it is a paint and primer combined.ģ. I used Rustoleum Universal All Surface Spray Paint oil rubbed bronze. Next, it is time to paint! To prevent overspray, put them in a box and spray in light coats, turning them in between each coat of paint. Next, wipe a little deglosser on the surface to be painted. If your knobs need only need paint on the bases like mine, tape the knobs off carefully with painters tape. ![]() Hmm…paint cabinet knobs? For under a dollar apiece, it was worth a try! How to Spray Paint Cabinet Knobs: I figured I could just tape them off and spray paint them. Then, I found a great price on these simple chrome knobs on Ebay. Sadly, even the glass knobs in oil rubbed bronze finish were quite expensive. I thought of all sorts of ways to save on our kitchen remodel, and one of them was to spray paint cabinet knobs! I dreamed of having real crystal knobs in an oil rubbed bronze finish something like these, but they just weren’t in the budget. Trying to beautify an entire house with a limited budget means doing whatever we can to make the money go as far as possible.
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