Antique gold paint

How to Antique a Gold Picture Frame – Today, I want to share with you how to “antique” a new gold picture frame and bonus it’s super easy! Here’s a look at how you can give a bit of patina to your favorite store bought frames too…

The best aged brass spray paint to create a high end designer look on anything easily and inexpensively.

The trick to a realistic aged brass finish

Let me start by saying I often go to thrift stores and strike out entirely. We live in a college town. My competition is fierce and flea markets are prevalent. So thrift stores [in this case the…

I am fond of adding metallic gold to my work but I’ve had a hard time finding a material that is both shiny and easy to use. Gold leaf is beautiful but expensive and messy to work with. Thi…

{via} Yesterday I shared with you my DIY ping pong ball-finial curtain rods (try saying that three times fast).Today I’ll show you how to create that antique brass finish using paint. This technique works great on wood and plastic. For metal you can probably guess my trick – I’ll share that at the end. For […]

Photo showing detailed work required to develop antique gold patina on a frame

Getting the right gold tone is so hard! There are so many different beautiful shades out there but you have to go off of what is in your house already! My brass is mainly based on the Savoy House Warm Brass! So I can't use a lot of the lighter toned golds because mine has a more vintage feel to it! So this weekend I decided to give one of my favorite decor pieces a makeover! And of course... I doubt many of you will be surprised that I went gold!! It took some sampling of different paints to…

Change is afoot in our bedroom! Last year I picked up the most gorgeous antique mirror while home in Savannah. I has finally been hung in the master bedroom and is just stunning. Buttttt….…

Discover how to paint faux antique brass hardware to add affordable elegance to your home. Transform drapery hardware with a DIY antique brass finish.

You can make gold by using the three primary colors in varying proportions, or you can make gold by mixing yellow with a small amount of brown. Here we explore the different ways to make gold in more detail, and learn more about this prestigious color.

Grecian Gold vs. Antique Gold vs. Gold Leaf Rub 'n Buff #diy #brasshardware #brassdecor

Inside: You will find instructions on how to create an aged or antique look on a bright metallic finish in a few easy steps! If you have been following my One Room Challenge makeover you would have noticed the piece that made the room - the gorgeous Parisian style mirror! I had been scouring Facebook Marketplace for months looking for the perfect vintage gold mirror that would be the right scale for our bedroom dresser. I found one, but upon brining it home, it was too large for the dresser…

This is a tutorial on how to add an antique gold finish to anything with Rub N' Buff. You can create a new gold finish on anything.

If you have 1990's shiny gold finishes throughout your home, consider changing the shiny gold finishes into antique brass finishes. Gold finishes were very popular in the 1990's, so they can may make your home feel dated. Since brass finishes have not been trendy or over used recently, changing your gold finishes into brass you will give your home less of a 1990's date stamp. Luckily, changing gold into brass only requires a little spray paint. Get PaintAll you need to get is a…