Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Now it's "grate"

Prior to the old flooring getting ripped out and the new flooring getting laid...the 3 floor vents were white...not gonna work with the new floors.

I looked at both Lowes and Home Depot for brown vents...
this is the best they've got.
(they look almost green here)

Nothing a little spray paint can't help.
(yes, I sprayed the new ones...the old white ones had dings and dents all over and so we decided to ditch them so the newly painted ones looked just that, new)

Not a perfect match...but a great brown that I don't mind seeing against the new floors.
Hurray for spray paint!

I'm linkin to the Power of Paint party

Little update...after spraying the first (I used Rustoleum dark brown) I decided to prime the next 2 first...just to make sure the paint stays put, since these are on the ground and all. They covered the same...I guess only time will tell if they will hold up.

4 comments:

Jaymerz said...

Those look nice!! I have seriously thought about spray painting ours because I hate the gold/bronze look.

1 Funky Woman said...

Wow, what a great look painted!

Unguren said...

Very inventive.

Maryann @ Domestically-Speaking said...

Blends in much better! Thanks for linkin' up such a great idea to the POPP.

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