I’m not going to state the obvious – you already know of lots of things you can spruce up with a can of spray paint. But here are some things you may not have known about:
1. Curtains and Upholstery! I know it’s hard to believe, but you can coat them with a product like Simply Spray’s Upholstery Paint to restore or even alter the color of faded fabric. Check out this fabulous before and after:
Transformation by Kristy of Hyphen Interiors
2. Stained Wood Furniture – Worn wood tables and chairs can be revived with a translucent lacquer-based spray stain. Take a wood table with a dated orangey undertone and take it toward a dark expresso. It comes in differentwood finishes and makes a scratch- and water-resistant top coat. Try Design Master Home Decor Stain.
3. Hardware – You can touch up worn finishes or even change the finish of doorknobs, cabinet knobs, and even faucets with metallic spray paint. It comes in any metal finish you’d like. When it starts to wear off, just add another coat.
Painted Faucets by The StyleSisters
4. Small appliances - Did you splurge on a stainless steel stove and dishwasher but your other small appliances don’t match? Now there is stainless steel paint that can withstand up to 200 degrees – try Thomas’s Liquid Stainless Steel.
5. Slippery stairs - If you have a slick stairwell, porch, or stepstool, you can spray them with a texturized finish like Krylon’s Non-Skid Coating.
6. Brass Fireplace Inserts and Radiators – Spray on an updated finish, using a high-heat enamel paint. Rust-Oleum’s got a good one.
Painted Fireplace Insert by Molly the Pirate
7. Plastic Lawn Furniture - Don’t like the standard color of your plastic lawn furniture (hunter green, anyone?) Krylon now makes a spray paint called Fusion that is made specifically to adhere to plastic. Awesome, huh?
Did any of these spray paint applications surprise you or do you have any other spray paint ideas to share? For more great decorating ideas, follow me on Pinterest or Facebook!
Wow! I’m surprised by several of these. Upholstery? Crazy! Most intrigued by the stained wood furniture (my bedroom furniture??) and the plastic lawn chairs. How about some tips on spray painting in an upcoming blog? I know there are do’s and don’ts.
i’m pretty interested in finding out more about the more unusual spray paint applications – i’ll see what i come up with and share it in the future! The plastic lawn chair thing is pretty straight-forward, though. It’s Krylon Fusion paint – just clean your chairs and go for it!
Good morning Kristie… I did not know you could spray paint upholstery!!! I will have to try that very soon. I always love your posts ~ I don’t always comment, but I do read everyone. PS. Did you go out and buy your girls Popsicles that day ?! XoXo
so funny you should mention that about the popsicles – i just relayed that story to mr. man yesterday (he was out of town last week). and yes, i did!!!
Awesome post! Thanks for including my blue chair. However, that is ithe in process photo before it was completed. It actually looks much less streaky and faded now, if you want to grab a more recent pic on my blog.
Love that panited lawn furniture!
thanks, kristy! i’ll go pull a more recent photo
wow – i just found the before and after shots – AWESOME!!!
Thanks so much! !
I’m curious to know, now that it’s been almost a year, how well the color on the painted fabric chair has held up. Does it rub off over time? Also, did it change the texture of the fabric? I’ve never heard of spray painting fabric before.
What about resin wicker furniture? I’ve got some in a hunter green that would look better in another color.
Thanks,
Lezlie
Love it! Behold the power of {spray} paint!
Warmly, Michelle
nice post! Totally been pondering spray-painting some upholstery. Thanks for all the product recommendations!
You are definitely a girl after my own heart! I am big on spraying old light fixtures – you can go with a textured oiled bronze look or a matte black – even gloss white. It’s a total transformation for just pennies. Thanks for all you do!
Amy
Great post! Just shared it on our Facebook page! So useful!!
thanks for posting, jill!
This is a great post, Kristie. I’d never heard of the fabric or wood spray paint options. Thanks for expanding beyond the typical paint projects and giving us something fresh!
Wow – thanks Kristie! This is an awesome post. I was surprised at the plastic one – do you know if it will work on the pvc plastic casements for windows in doors and sidelights that turn the lovely shade of yellow over time?
I had no idea about fabric and upholstery! Very cool! I’ve been toying with spray painting our wooden patio furniture a really bright color! A can of spray paint is great way to freshen something up and make it new all over again! Great post!
Katie
I would like to use some of these immediately..the plastic spray, the getting rid of orangey pine colour stain spray and the metal spray…thanks for the ideas!
I was working with an interior designer on redoing the kitchen and she sprayed the cabinets and back splash but the hardware that she painted she baked in the oven after spray painting and now the paint doesn’t scratch–definitely worth the time!
wow, i’ve never heard of baking them in the oven – i guess it had to be some kind of heat-resistant paint (like what you can use on the fireplace inserts)?
My fireplace insert looks almost identical to that one, although I painted mine. My little quart of black, heat resistant paint has covered a lot of items so far and it is not even half way used. The problem with spray paint is that you need so much if it. And it’s certainly way faster!
Great post Kristie!
Maria
Wow! Thank you so much for posting this. I am known to paint practically anything that isn’t moving. However, now there’s a new victim – upholstered items. Who knew? I am so excited about this and cannot wait to try it out. But, I have a few questions first – is it durable? If it get’s wet, will it bleed? Does it make the fabric feel stiff or uncomfortable? Thank you again. I’m having a great time checking out your blog.
Great post! I love all the ideas and some are new ones I had not heard of before – so thanks for the tips. One thing I have seen that is not on the list – is spray paint for grass – those bald patches where dog pee may have burned out the grass . . . I have used regular green paint years ago – and now there are eco-friendly versions of outdoor spray paint that would be OK to spray on grass patches.
that green spray paint is a fabulous idea for staging a home, that’s for sure! thanks for reading, jennie
How does the painted chair feel? Rough? Sticky?
reportedly, it doesn’t feel either rough or sticky – that would be a deal-killer for me!
Curious. I saw the “sprayed” upholstered chair on a website a week or so ago in step by step
instructions on painting it with a brush. As far as spraying cabinets. How in the world do you
control the spray. I tried spraying a desk in my son’s room. Thought I’d covered EVERYTHING else.
The carpet still turned pink even under the plastic drop cloths! So beware, if doing a project inside!
Oh my, you CAN’T spray anything in the house!!! You have to take it outside – you can take the doors off the cabinets in a kitchen and do that outside or in a workshop (roll/brush the bases of the cabinets).
Actually, if it’s something small, I have seen people put things inside a large cardboard box turned on it’s side and paint them inside (making sure the seams are well taped, of course), but yes, I would be quite wary of spray painting anything large inside.
What kind of paint do you use on faucets? I had to have the shower in the master bath replaced due to a leak and went with an oil-rubbed bronze finish. However, I have never had the faucets changed out. They are gold now. Painting them would sure be a lot cheaper than replacing.
Have you ever painted outside lights? My front porch lights need help. I had wondered if they could be painted.
is it possible to paint italian leather couches?