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Ceiling Fan Makeover

March 17, 2015

I have a very dear friend,  who was over at my house one afternoon. We were chatting about what my next project would be.  I must  have  said something along the lines of, ” I am not sure.”  To which she responded. “Well, when are you going to change your fan? It doesn’t match .” HA.  I love that lady.  She was right, it didn’t, but I didn’t think it was absolutely horrendous.  Regardless,  now, nearly 1.5 years later. I did it, Michelle,  I finally did a much-needed ceiling fan makeover!

ceiling fan makeover Makeover Sawdust2stitches

Ceiling Fan Makeover

ceiling fan before So, let’s dive into this ceiling fan makeover.   First step?  Remove that sucker from the ceiling. (Unfortunately, all fans are going to vary slightly, so I can’t help much with that part.)  Once the fan was down,  I decided to remove, and refinish the blades first.

 I didn’t really like anything about the fan,  even down to the shape of the fan blades.  So, I took matters into my own hands. I drew out the new shape on the blades.

Fan Makeoever Sawdust2stitches 1 So I took a jigsaw and chopped off the tips.

Fan Makeover Sawdust2stitches 2 I used a sander to round out the edges.  While I had the sander, I sanded off the finish and prepped it for a new one!

Fan Makeover sawdust 2 stitches 4 I used a stain on the fan blades.   You can use a traditional  stain, or you can use a stain/poly blend.

Fan Makeover sawdust 2 stitches 5 I had to disassemble the entire fan in order to refinish it.  The  one  suggestion I would strongly  caution is take pictures of the process!  It may help when you put it back together.

Fan Makeover sawdust 2 stitches 6Once disassembled I used a foam sand block to scuff up all the metal pieces. ( You will need to have them scuffed up for the spray paint to adhere.)

Fan Makeover Sawdust2stitches 7When prepping for paint, I needed to tape off the bulb socket to prevent paint from getting in the sockets.

Fan makeover Sawdust2stitches 8Thoroughly wipe down all pieces and lay them out for painting.  Once it is all laid out,  I was ready to paint!  I used  Oil Rubbed Bronze Metallic Spray Paint by Rustoleum.  Remember  to use several light coats, as opposed to one heavy coat.  It will harden much quicker, and produce a much more even finish,  without drip marks. If you feel like you need a little more direction,  here is another tutorial where I showed how to refinish a light fixture .

Fan makeover sawdust2stitches 9 Once all pieces are dry, it was time to re-assemble.  Now might be an ideal time to pull out the pictures of the disassemble  process.

Sawdust2stitches fan makeover 10  There,  that finish is much more fitting for my space.

Fan makeover sawdust2stitches 11   The last thing it needed was new glass shades. The old ones were very dated.   This one simple change drastically improved the whole fan.  I used  “seeded”  glass shades. I found mine at Lowes for $3.98 a piece. Not too shabby!

Seeded Glass Shades

  I don’t know about you, but I think it was a night and day difference, once I swapped out the shades. Fan makeover by Sawdust2stitches.com Ta-da !

Sawdust2stitches Fane makeover after ss So let’s break it down.:

Spray Paint                   $5.97

Glass Shades (x4)       $3.98

Stain                               $0    (  I had some on hand from a previous project)

For a little under         $22.00 

I was able to  completely  update dated, somewhat ugly ceiling fan .  So,  look up.  Do you have an ceiling fans that could use and update ?

Take luck,

Corey

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Comments

  1. tami says

    March 17, 2015 at 1:42 pm

    I love it, it looks fabulous! I have a white fan I have been thinking about redoing. I love how your fan blades came out but how did you get the dark edges?

  2. Rob Fish says

    March 17, 2015 at 1:46 pm

    Just a quick tip. You need to be careful when trimming fan blades like this. If they are not all equal, it will throw the fan off balance, which will either cause a severe wobble, and/or wear the motor out prematurely.

    • coreydecker@gmail.com says

      March 18, 2015 at 4:08 am

      Very good point, I should have stressed the importance a little more in the tutorial. Thanks.

  3. tami lucia says

    March 17, 2015 at 4:53 pm

    Love the way this turned out! I have an ugly white fan I have been thinking about redoing. I love how the fan blades came out too! How did you get the edges darker?

    • coreydecker@gmail.com says

      March 18, 2015 at 4:07 am

      Thanks! The fan blades were mdf ( not real wood) so when I sanded the edges more, it got down to the more porous material and it absorbed more stain. Or you can always layer your stain around the edges and let is sit for a little longer and then wipe off excess. Thanks for reading, and good luck!

  4. Jill @ The Rozy Home says

    March 19, 2015 at 2:45 am

    Cute! One of the things (if maybe one of the very, very few things) I don’t like about Texas is the need for a ceiling. When the mercury hits north of 100 in the summer, we HAVE to use our ceiling fans. I’m always looking for new ways to make them look like a piece of design. Great job (as always)!

  5. Sara says

    April 16, 2015 at 5:10 pm

    Hahaha thank heavens for Michelle! 😉 it looks awesome!!

  6. Whitney Miller says

    May 7, 2015 at 11:43 am

    Awesome use of material! As always I love seeing Take Luck at the end of your posts.

    • coreydecker@gmail.com says

      May 7, 2015 at 3:03 pm

      Thanks Whitney! Haha, are you by chance a Brian Reagan fan ?!

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