Turquoise Pendants Light- How to Dye Light Shades #DIY
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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.
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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Actually clever idea. I’ve seen replacement shades in colors but not your color, which I like.
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when redoing my bathroom a couple of years ago, I ran across your post and did it, too! (will be - AGAIN - redoing bathroom in the next several months, hopefully), and these revamped globes will not be apart of the final look, but I loved your idea and tried it myself, also have had compliments on how cool the teal lights are! Thank you!
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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.
Where is the blog? I do not see an attachment. Thanks Or can someone tell me what was used for the stain.