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 wished to sleep. So the one studio mission 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 for portray them gold, and most everybody appeared to assume that may be an awesome concept. However then as I used to be scrolling by Instagram reels, I got here throughout a reel the place a lady made a pendant mild out of a giant bowl, and the completed mild had a black wire with a shade that’s white on the surface and gold on the within. I like how this seems!
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 that black/white/gold combo first and see what I assumed. 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 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 total, I prefer it.
The method was fairly straightforward. The big shade comes off of this mild 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 varied tasks, together with the plumbing pipes below the vanities in our grasp toilet.
It was the proper shade for that utility, however for the sunshine, it seemed a bit of 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 referred to 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 a gorgeous paint. For the surface of the shade, I used Rust-Oleum Painters Contact in a Flat White (from Dwelling 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 like the concept of the gold contained in the shade.
I would like to boost the sunshine a bit of extra in order that the gold exhibits 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 proper gold. I really ordered some gold leaf yesterday, so possibly I’ll use that. In terms of a metallic end, there’s actually nothing that compares to precise gold leaf. (Effectively, I don’t imply precise gold leaf. That’s too costly for me. I exploit imitation gold leaf, however it’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? Preserve the surface white, and discover a higher gold (probably precise gold leaf) for the within? Or ought to I forgo the white and do your complete shade (inside and outside) in gold? I’m fairly certain that no matter I do, I’m maintaining the wire and the cover black. I like how that appears.
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My mother did three mockups for me with three completely different shade colours, and she or he included the bamboo window shades that I plan to make use of in order that we are able to have a significantly better concept of what the pendant mild will seem like towards the completed wall.
The primary one with a gold shade is my least favourite. I want the gold to be in very small accent doses, and that is an excessive amount of gold in a single dose for my style. Plus, I’d have two of them.
The primary time I scrolled by the images, I wrote off the pink instantly. I’m undecided why I did that, as a result of I really actually prefer it. And I prefer it extra the extra I take a look at it.
The white was my instant favourite, however I don’t like that black cover towards the ceiling. And I believe the very backside rim on the surface of the shade must be gold as an alternative of white. I ponder how it could look if I make the entire mild white and gold, with no black in any respect. I may do the cover and rope gold, the surface of the shade white, and the within gold, with the gold wrapping round to the underside rim on the surface.
However that pink certain is rising on me! ?
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.
