Easily add that timeless brass finish to your home decor without the hefty price tag. We’re sharing a table lamp makeover with a DIY antique brass finish.
If you’ve been wandering up and down the home decor aisles lately, I am sure you’ve spotted something with a brass finish. What I love about it is that it can be modern but also industrial, depending on the finish.
Since we moved in, we haven’t had a lamp on both living room side tables. Brett build this beautiful antler lamp, with the intention of making another to match. And then life happened and building a lamp isn’t high on the priority list anymore.
After the millionth night of fighting over who gets to sit on the side of the couch with the lamp, I finally decided it was time to buy a matching set.
And then I started looking and my goodness, lamps can get expensive!
The motivation to buy another one was put on hold until I could find something on sale.
Thankfully, I didn’t have to wait too long. Last month I was perusing the clearance aisles at Hobby Lobby and just-so-happened to find two matching lamps for $20 each. It was a steal! While the marble and copper finish was lovely, it definitely isn’t our style.
I knew I wanted to give it a brass finish and after doing some research, decided to just give it a try.
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DIY Antique Brass Finish | The Supplies
- Brass spray paint in Champagne Bronze
- Deco Art vintage effects in black
- Old tshirt
- Rubber gloves
- Painter’s tape
- Sponge brush
- Polyurethane spray paint
DIY Antique Brass Finish | The Process
Spray the entire lamp (or whatever your making over) with two coats of brass spray paint.
Once it’s try, dip the sponge brush in the vintage effects paint and dab it onto the lamp.
It works best to apply in small sections since it dries pretty quickly.
The first time through, I used a circular motion to wipe off the vintage effects. It worked well and looks “real.”
For the second lamp, I used more of a straight wiping motion instead of the circles. To me, it looked a little more natural and the vintage effects didn’t wipe off as much.
Once it’s dry, spray on a coat of polyurethane to prevent any chipping.
See, not too bad, right?!
If you’re not up for the DIY version, we’ve rounded up a few similar styles with that antique brass finish:
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Dear Kellie and Brett, thank you for joining my link party. I love your DIY post about the brass finish – will definitely try it myself. Hope to welcome you back soon, warm regards,
Dagmar Bleasdale
http://www.dagmarbleasdale.com
Thank you, Dagmar! And thanks for hosting a great linkup 🙂
Great tip about using the vintage effects paint. Will need to look into getting some. I have a plastic light that I’d prefer to look like from China! Visiting from Pretty Pintastic Party.
Thank you so much for stopping over, Victoria! And yes, you definitely should pick up some vintage effects – it’s a great craft paint to have on hand 🙂
WOW!!! Great idea to make old things new! I have some antique piece and these are too dirty. Was searching for the best idea to make them new. Your ideas have done it!!! Thanks for them!
Thank you for the kind words, Rebekah! We’d love to see the finished product!
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