Turquoise Pendants Light- How to Dye Light Shades #DIY

by Kaysi Gardner

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I love our current house but there are things that I don't love about it, especially the builder's grade fixtures. They are plain and boring. I have always wanted to have fun colored pendants lights over my bar but when I went to the store to look for some, they were over $30 each. So instead of buying some, I decided that I would dye them and they turned out AWESOME!! Plus, it only cost me $3 to do.

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Here they are before, so boring and plain. I took the light shades off of the pendants.

Then I made a special turquoise "stain" for the light shade and using a foam brush put it onto the light shade. You will have to come over to my blog to see what I used for the stain, trust me, you will not believe what it is and chances are you already have the stuff in your house!

I put the stain on both sides of the pendants and let them dry.

I put them back onto the pendants and they look so cool! When they dry they dry clear with a tint of turquoise.

And here is how they look in my kitchen, I love them! We did these back in September (two months ago) and they still look great!! Make sure to check out my blog post for all the details and see what the pendant lights look like a year later! And what the rest of my kitchen looks like (we have updated it since then too!).

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Barbara Brown on Feb 27, 2024

Love this! How does stain or dye hold up under intense heat of the light bulbs? I tried something similar once & after a short time the color cracked & peeled away.

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Susan on Feb 08, 2025

Where is the blog? I do not see an attachment. Thanks Or can someone tell me what was used for the stain.

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Arl119734669 on Jun 18, 2025

Can’t you provide a link to the blog where the stain information is? It’s unprofessional to not make it easy to get to!

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Thatsagoodidea on Sep 27, 2025

I don’t enjoy the click bait technique to click on yet another site for the information. If the information and instructions aren’t included then it’s a waste of time for me. I’m assuming you get some sort of compensation for all the clicks to that other site. Fast pass on this one. This is probably why there are comments of frustration not being able to find. Perhaps it’s not allowed when you piggy back on another forum.

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Markeen on Feb 15, 2026

To all of you who can't find the link... it's really simple to fine. After the pics and at the end of the post, you will see her pic, and to the right of it, it says if you want to find the link ... and then it says *GO*... in a little blue box. Click on that and it goes directly to the 'more'/'tutorial'. Seriously friends, she DOES give you the link.

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