Most homes have ceiling fans, and oftentimes ceiling fans add an extra touch to your home décor theme. Most ceiling fans, it seems, offer standard clear or frosted glass shades, and ones that are colored or decorative cost a pretty penny more. What if you would like fan glass shades to be a bit more decorative without a heavy price tag? You can easily dress up ceiling fan glass shades yourself to look like stained glass with a bit of innovation and creativity and without the added expense.
Instructions
1. Prepare the area upon which you are going to work by spreading newspaper over it. This ensures that you do not accidentally drip paint onto any surface that you do not want stained. Put the ceiling fan glass shades on the newspaper.
2. Dip the fine-tipped paintbrush in the black stained glass paint and draw outlines and patterns onto the ceiling fan glass shades. You will stain inside the outlines. Use stained glass stencils instead if you would rather not draw your own outlines; simply stick them onto the glass in the arrangement that you wish.
3. Rinse the paintbrush by swirling it in a cup of water. Apply stain within the outlines by dipping the paintbrush in a stained glass color and painting within one area of the outline before rinsing the paintbrush and repeating the process.
4. Fill in all areas until all the ceiling fan glass shades are stained. Allow them to dry completely, and then replace them on your ceiling fan.
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