NY Yankees. Yay. :/

Lamp from my Grandmother.  Not really my style, but one that I want to keep, and just make it fit my decor.  Nothing but a can of spray paint can make THIS match my decor.  

 

Verrrrry nice back in the early 80s, I'm sure.  Not my particular shade of brown.  Err, let me state clearly - I don't really HAVE a particular shade of brown!

 

So I ask the kid.  Kid?  What do you want your NEW lamp to look like?

Kid says - NEW YORK YANKEES!

Did I mention I live in Texas?!?  *sigh*  Gotta give the kid what he wants.

 

Brown to Yankee Navy Blue - coming right up.

Hmm.  All that did was turn the flower arrangement neon blue.  Oh dear - of all the times NOT to prime?  When have I ever had to prime glass?  Ok, don't tell me I'm an idiot now - I already said that.

*Note, I still didn't sand it, or TSP it, or anything.  I adore spray painting on glass, and have never suffered for lack of prep.

What would a NORMAL person do at this point in the game?  Prime over the navy blue?  Naaaah, I just assume the second coat of blue will do it.

Nope, it didn't.

Plan B.  Take a better quality of spray paint (I love you Rust-Oleum Ultra Cover 2x!) with a lighter blue to cover the white.  That worked believe it or not.  Another coat of the Navy, and I was on the road again.

(I'm sure the Rust-Oleum would have covered it the first time, but I didnt have any of it in Navy)

Time for a touch of the Yankees.

Google gave me a picture that I printed through Windows picture viewer as a 5x7.  Covered the back of the print out with masking tape, then cut out my GhettoFabulous stencil with an Xacto blade.

 

Now, it's not as bad as it looks here.  I took little pieces of painters tape and rolled them to be double sided, then placed them on the edges - ghetto-spray-adhesive style.  I'm all about faking it if I'm out of a product, can't ya tell.

 

I thought I was a REAL genius too.  Until the moment of truth. 

The stencil worked pretty well, considering it was copy paper and I was using spray paint, but....

It's hard to tell in these pictures, but you can make out the pieces of tape perfectly where the

overspray lines went.  Still not bad for a piece of paper stencil!

 

 

 

Ahhhhh... but how to touch up the blue when I originally spray painted it??

 

Spray paint on a paper plate and brush on your paint from there of course!

 

* I FREAKED out when I was done, as the paint would NOT come off my brush - and it was hard as a rock!  I was really freaking .... Until Hubby came in, calmed me down, handed me a cap full of Mineral Spirits, and told me to chill.  My brush came out perfectly soft, but is now this nice shade of YANKEE BLUE, hehe. 

I touched it up, added some Poly, and I think it turned out pretty good.... for a lamp without the Rangers on it, that is.  ;)

Now... I just need a non girlie shade, and he's good to go!  That was easy!!

*For a good laugh - note the cord coming out the back of the lamp.  Yes, half navy blue, half aging white cord.  Hehe, when I cut corners, I really cut corners.  ;)