Easy DIY Gold Letters
I love the look of vintage metal letters and I am particularly into a rustic gold finish right now. This was the easiest thing ever to do but I love how they turned out so much that I wanted to share!
I had picked up these cardboard letters from JoAnns several months ago- they were $1.99 each on sale. Originally I had thought about painting them neon pink- but I never went through with it- and I’m glad!
I happened to come across this spray paint at Home Depot from Rustoleum- which I am super partial to because I own their spray paint trigger and it saved me from carpal tunnel several times. 😛
I did one medium coat and let it sit for about 60 seconds- it looked like this-
After a minute or so I took a paper towel and began dabbing away at the paint- the goal was to get the cardboard brown to show just slightly underneath the gold finish, creating a rustic finish, like so-
I love it! It promptly got added to the glory of our living room- our rustic floating mantle. Hooray!
Tania Griffis is an accomplished writer, blogger, and interior designer with a Journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma. She started her popular blog, Run to Radiance, in 2011, demonstrating her design expertise through the personal remodeling of six houses to millions of readers across the globe.
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adorable! i definitely want to do this at some point!
I love the look of the gold (and especially how easy it was to do!)
I love the finish you got by dabbing some of the paint off. So great! thanks.