I used to be nonetheless getting over my chilly yesterday, and I used to be at that stage the place I didn’t really feel horrible, however I had no power and simply needed to sleep. So the one studio challenge I may muster power for was giving my pendant lights a makeover. Spray portray appeared about proper for my power degree.
I’ve had these lights on this room for years now, however the extra my imaginative and prescient for this room involves life, the extra the black pendants didn’t fairly appear proper. I like black as an accent, however these simply appeared too darkish and heavy with my mural and pink cupboards.
The opposite day, I discussed the potential of portray them gold, and most everybody appeared to assume that might be a fantastic thought. However then as I used to be scrolling by Instagram reels, I got here throughout a reel the place a lady made a pendant gentle out of a big bowl, and the completed gentle had a black twine with a shade that’s white on the surface and gold on the within. I really like how this seems to be!
Sadly, I simply took a screenshot fairly than saving the reel, so I do not know who this belongs to. For those who acknowledge it, please let me know in order that I can provide correct credit score!
So fairly than portray my pendant lights all gold (which I fear may find yourself wanting a bit garish), I made a decision to do this black/white/gold combo first and see what I believed. Right here’s how mine turned out…
As a result of I didn’t wish to go to the shop, I simply used what I had readily available. I would wish to change the gold on the within of the shade to a different gold. This one appears to lack depth. However general, I prefer it.
The method was fairly simple. The big shade comes off of this gentle very simply.
For the gold, I began off utilizing this Rust-Oleum Common metallic in Pure Gold.
I’ve used this a number of instances on numerous tasks, together with the plumbing pipes below the vanities in our grasp rest room.
It was the right colour for that utility, however for the sunshine, it regarded slightly uninteresting.
So I went again over it with this Montana Gold spray paint. Their cans confuse me. I get these at Michael’s, and I’m fairly certain Montana Gold is the identify of the model, and never the colour. However I don’t know the place to seek out the colour identify. (Edit: I discovered the colour! It’s on the highest, and it’s known as Goldchrome.)
So I sprayed that over the Rust-Oleum Pure Gold, and the Montana Gold is a lot shinier and extra metallic. It’s actually an attractive paint. For the surface of the shade, I used Rust-Oleum Painters Contact in a Flat White (from House Depot).
Total, I just like the look. I like that the white shade has a lighter, airier look than the heavy black shade. And I really like the concept of the gold contained in the shade.
I would like to lift the sunshine slightly extra in order that the gold reveals extra, however that’s the place my power ran out. Possibly I can get to that at the moment.
However I’m nonetheless looking for the right gold. I truly ordered some gold leaf yesterday, so perhaps I’ll use that. In the case of a metallic end, there’s actually nothing that compares to precise gold leaf. (Nicely, I don’t imply precise gold leaf. That’s too costly for me. I take advantage of imitation gold leaf, but it surely’s nonetheless far more metallic than any end you’ll get with spray paint.)
So what do you assume? Ought to I persist with this black/white/gold plan? Maintain the surface white, and discover a higher gold (presumably precise gold leaf) for the within? Or ought to I forgo the white and do your entire shade (inside and outside) in gold? I’m fairly certain that no matter I do, I’m holding the twine and the cover black. I like how that appears.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and embellish the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You possibly can be taught extra about me right here.