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Decorating: Ceiling Fan Facelift

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Date: 03/30/2009 Topic: Home Improvement > Miscellaneous  
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Decorating: Ceiling Fan Facelift

Giving Your Ceiling Fan a "Facelift" with Paint. My family is currently working on a house to get it ready for sale. We have gone room to room cleaning and doing updates as we go. We had a ceiling fan in one room that was totally out of place. We decided, rather than going to the expense of buying another fan, to take the fan blades off and give them several coats of paint.

We sanded the blades well on both sides and painted both with white paint. We also added a ceiling medallion to add more white with the brass fan. As you can see with the "before and after" shots that it made a huge difference. It doesn't even look like the same fan at all. (Sorry that one half of the fan is larger than the other side. It really is the same fan). I plan to do the same thing with fans in my house as well.

Source: Me: Trying to make changes and be FRUGAL at the same time. My Mother would be so proud of all of us being so frugal.

By southeastgeorgiapeach from Jesup, GA

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By Montylyn (8) Profile Contact
Thanks for the tip. Now I know how to make mind look like new. Happy Easter, Montylyn

Posted on 04/10/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse

By dragonflysue (18) Contact
The fan looks "FANtastic" Good job.

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By kimhis (1411) Contact
Wow, a great improvement! and a creative photo, thanks!

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By cookwie (1260) Profile Contact
All you need to do is to add decoratively shaped light bulbs to the lamp part!

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By luckyducky (19) Contact
At my request, my husband removed our kitchen fan blades and then I painted them. I used "crackle" paint over the base paint. I looked for new updated glass shades but they were too expensive then I found some at Wal Mart for $1 each. I had the paint on hand so the project cost me $4 to update the fan.

Posted on 03/30/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse

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