There is no easier way to transform home decor than with spray paint. Whether you are updating furniture hardware or mason jars for centerpieces, you can completely renovate anything for the price of a can of spray paint.
Spray paint is great because it gives you a smooth, brush-free finish on any surface. It comes in any color, sheen or metallic finish imaginable. You can make glass look tinted, give an old lamp a beautiful gold finish or even update an old chandelier with a farmhouse finish.
One of my favorite ways to use spray paint is to transform thrift store finds with spray paint. All you need is an old glass picture or ceramic and a can high gloss spray paint. Spray on several very light coats letting it dry about 20 minutes between each coat. When you are done you will have a piece of faux milk glass even Miss Mustard Seed will be proud of. I have used several spray paints to make faux milk glass and this post lists my favorites: Best Spray Paints for Glass
You can also use spray paint to make centerpieces with mason jars by spraying them in the same way. One option is to tint them with blue stained glass spray paint to make them look like vintage blue mason jars. To get a farmhouse look, you can use chalk spray paint and give them a distressed look with sandpaper. You can see the best products to use in my post here: How to Spray Paint Mason Jars.
Because spray paint is oil-based it is extremely durable which makes it perfect for redoing furniture hardware. I often prefer to spray paint furniture hardware instead of replacing the hardware. Using the original hardware helps the furniture piece to retain so much of its original character but the new color and sheen give it a facelift. My favorite spray paint for furniture hardware is Rustoleum Universal Metallics.
Spray paint is so durable that you can even use it to update outdoor decor. When we moved into our current home, there was a pretty ugly birdbath on the back porch. The taupe paint was peeling and the areas that didn’t have peeling paint were covered in algae. I took a wire brush to the birdbath to remove as much paint as I could. I sprayed it down with a mixture of water and Clorox to kill the algae. And then I let it dry in my garage for a few days before spray painting in a pewter gray. You can see the before and after here: Easy Landscape Updates on a Budget
Spray paint is such a cheap and easy way to update any project but there are a few things you should know. I have learned from lots of mistakes in the past and with a few simple tips you can get a perfectly flawless finish on any surface. You can get them here: 21 Tips that Will Change the Way You Spray Paint
Spray Paint is such an important tool in your DIY arsenal and with these tips you can get a smooth even finish on your next project easily!
