Sassy Ceiling Fans

This is to a greater extent than of an "after" than a "before in addition to after", since this was a projection that I did earlier I started blogging in addition to taking pictures of everything. I call back you'll instruct the persuasion though.

When nosotros moved inwards to our electrical flow fifteen yr old domicile iv 1/2 years ago, all of the fixtures were original. The previous possessor who had built the solid made some rattling skillful choices on many of the "bones" of the house, but it was definitely fourth dimension for some updating. We did a lot of painting, tiling, wallpaper stripping, etc. rattling speedily after nosotros moved inwards in addition to all of the lighting needed updating. Although I don't stimulate got a earlier photo, I'm for sure y'all would recognize the shiny white in addition to brass combo that used to move inwards the bedrooms.

I had already repainted the children's bedrooms in addition to went inwards search of novel lighting. I actually would stimulate got liked to ditch the fans inwards favor of something to a greater extent than decorative. But, nosotros alive inwards Oklahoma in addition to nosotros exercise our fans inwards the bedrooms every night, unremarkably throughout most of the wintertime equally well. So, practicality won out on this one. I went to a dyad of local domicile improvement stores ready to purchase novel fans in addition to could non honour anything that caught my eye. Everything was simply boring, besides "old" looking, or simply unattractive.

The fans were yet inwards skillful working order, thus I decided to move amongst what I had. I had covered fan blades inwards my son's plant nursery inwards a onetime house, thus that gave me inspiration to produce something fun amongst those. In add-on to improving the blades nosotros stepped it upwards a chip in addition to decided to re-vamp the entire fixture. We (meaning my husband) un-installed the fans in addition to took off the blades. I took all of the brassy metallic element parts exterior in addition to sprayed them a metallic element bronze, in addition to took the bases that attach to the ceiling in addition to painted them the color that I wanted to complement the room.

In Caleb's room I had originally wanted to pigment a wall amongst rugby-type multi-colored stripes, but nosotros were inwards a fourth dimension squelch when icon in addition to I knew that would stimulate got WAY besides long. So, I transferred the programme to his fan in addition to ended upwards amongst this:

MUCH BETTER than the master copy in addition to much to a greater extent than personal than anything I could stimulate got constitute at the store. I taped off the blades in addition to painted them amongst acrylic pigment in addition to and thus applied poly equally a exceed coat. I also replaced the clear drinking glass globes amongst some $2 opaque globes from Wal-Mart.

We did this nearly iv years agone in addition to it has held upwards actually well!

Originally I painted Emily's fan calorie-free pink. The blades were pinkish amongst light-green polka dots. Couldn't honour a pic of that, but I've simply redone her fan to become along amongst her novel room, thus y'all simply instruct to run across that one. It's to a greater extent than fun anyway.

I was lazy this fourth dimension in addition to didn't fifty-fifty stimulate got it downwards to pigment it. I taped paper immediately to the ceiling, taped off all of the bronze metallic element parts that I wanted to keep, in addition to removed the blades in addition to globes. Then, I set tarps on everything underneath me in addition to sprayed the turquoise on the base of operations correct where it was. I may or may non stimulate got had to acquit upon upwards a few bluish spots on the white ceiling afterwards.

For the blades on this one, I chose i of the fabrics that I used inwards her room in addition to traced the outline of the blade on it. When cutting the variety out, I cutting nearly 1/8 of an inch within the trouble thus the cloth would move slightly smaller than the wood. I was also careful to trouble upwards each blade on the same purpose of the designing inwards the cloth thus that they would all match.

Then, I applied the cloth amongst mod-podge (underneath the fabric) in addition to also did a layer over the exceed of the cloth in addition to to a greater extent than or less the edges of the blade to "seal" the cloth on. I did three or iv coats of the mod-podge (following the directions equally far equally drying times inwards betwixt coats, etc.) to brand for sure that the cloth was sealed good in addition to wouldn't cutis in addition to commencement flapping off equally the fan rotated.

I finished if off amongst a splash of color amongst the cerise prisms, which I dug out of my Christmas decoration stash (I call back they were from Target inwards years past) and tied to the ball chain amongst cute ribbon.

I'm thus glad I spent the fourth dimension to re-do these rather than giving upwards a few hundred dollars to purchase novel ones. I honey their colors in addition to the personality they convey to the room. Now I don't heed having the fans inwards at that spot at all! (Except when it's fourth dimension to build clean them!)

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