My wife and I redecorated our family room (which is open to the kitchen) and so we simply spray painted the polished brass kitchen hardware black.  I was very reluctant because I was afraid spray paint would look cheap.  It looks great and I wished we would have done it long ago.  So, after this adventure I then decided to spray paint our old patio table.  It is a very heavy duty "plastic" table.  My mother-in-law told me to spray paint it years ago and I ignored her.  Needless to say, when I was done, I called to apologize.........Thanks for the blog Tonia.