My new love of spray paint!

I am in LOVE with this project, it looks awesome and was so easy and fast!!

I recently up-cycled/re-did these two metal and wicker racks that we have had for about five years. They are from Hobby Lobby and they were an antiqued silver color with wood wicker and antiqued gold accents. They weren’t too bad and they matched our old house’s décor and colors. Since moving into this new house I wanted to make them stand out more and spruce them up.

Here is what they looked like before:

Enter in my new love of spray paint:

 I used Rust-Oleum Hammered Spray Paint in Brown. We bought two cans of it for both racks and I still have some left, I have another project it is perfect for.

We wiped down the racks really well with a damp cloth to get any dust or debris off. Then we sprayed the racks and let them dry, it is fun watching the hammered effect work while it dries. They dry fairly quickly but we left them in the garage for about an hour and a half and then brought them back in the kitchen.

 I placed some of my nice platters, a clock and my milk glass vases I found at an antique store on the big rack and centered that on the kitchen wall. I placed my cookbook stand and this awesome cookbook for newlyweds that we got from my Aunt and Uncle at our wedding on the little rack and put it in the corner up against the cabinets. I love displaying this cookbook because it has a nice little note on the inside.

  

I love how the hammered look turned out and they look great against the light wall and our table. I have some other ideas/projects that I am going to add to this wall as well. I’ll have those projects soon, just need to get more spray paint!!