Yesterday I stopped by the thrift store.
I didn't see anything that excited me and I had resigned myself to leaving with (gasp!) nothing - when I spotted several brass candlesticks.
Lately I'm very into candles.
So I started picking them over, and a picture began to form in my mind - a display of several mismatched candlesticks, painted heirloom white, used as a Christmas centerpiece.
I chose 8 of them.
When I got home that afternoon I saw the Pottery Barn Christmas catalog had come in the mail - hubby had left it on the counter for me. That night I sat down to look it through.
On the cover is this picture.
Several mismatched candlesticks.
Oh, Pottery Barn...how I love thee.
Theirs are silver, so my plans quickly changed. After all, if the Pottery Barn says silver, who am I to disagree? And anyway, I've been planning to add more silver to my Christmas.
This morning I scraped the dripped wax off my candlesticks and scrubbed them 'till they shone.
Then I took them out to the garage and I gave them a light spray of Rustoleum metallic finish silver spray paint. They got 2 additional coats throughout the day.
This afternoon I went to Hobby Lobby for candles.
And tonight I put it all together.
I LOVE quick projects :)
I am still working on these guys...
Fingers crossed!
27 comments:
They look great! I can't wait to see how the red one's turn out!
They look wonderful and elegant in silver. Nice job.
They look gorgeous! I love the silver. Very elegant. I think the red ones will be great too. I looked for silver paint tonight but couldn't decide which one would look the best--so many choices!!
I love the silver look! I couldn't even tell they were painted! Nice work. :-)
Oh Moody Girl, you scored a super PB-knockoff.
They look gorgeous and I love the idea! I also can't wait to see how those red ones turn out.
~ Nan
I love that Pottery Barn is our decorating bible! It's true, if Pottery Barn says it's so, who are we to argue?!?
They came out great! I definitely need to get the Pottery Barn Catalog sent to my house and fast. They seem to be the inspiration for so many great bloggers. :) Love the beaded runner also that you have under the candles. Very nice. :)
Gor*geous!
LOVE the candle display! I've been picking up unique looking holders at the Goodwill lately. Nothing this nice yet though!
those look great! - i love PB-inspired projects.
Aren't those cute? Love it. Amazing what a little paint can do. Thanks for sharing with Made it Monday! Jules
What a clever idea! I need to find a empty spot somewhere in my houst to copy that! :)
thanks for sharing!!
I do love a good PB Knock Off - these look fantastic!
I love the way paint makes mismatched feel pulled together. Great job!
pk @ Room Remix
They look gorgeous. I too have been on the hunt for more candlesticks. I'm totally copying this!
These turned out so great. I have been in love with the metallic bronze paint and will now have to try the silver like you did. Great transformation!!
Those are awesome! Definitely silver was the way to go!
so funny. I picked up a family circle magazine last night at the store.
it had the same mismatched candlestick holder idea in it..and votive holders that look super similar the ones you posted..
Oooh, I love those! Pottery Barn should hire you as a buyer! :)
I'm glad you commented on my post and I was routed to your blog. I'm putting you on my RSS feed.
Bloggie love,
Jen
You cant even tell they're spray painted - BEAUTIFUL! Bonus points for when the power goes out and you don't have to search all over for candles ;)
You did a great job picking out a nice variety of sizes of candlesticks - they came out fabulous! Happy Decorating!
Love these! It is so great to make over thrift store finds!! I want some now too!
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Very pretty!
So fancy! I love them. I need to go on a candle stick hunt. Thanks for sharing!
Love the candlesticks. Late posting. I have a question: When you're painting something brass, how do you prepare it? Do you sand it, or just prime it? I think I want to paint my chandelier Heirloom White!
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