Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Décor on a Dime: Update your vents covers for cheap

Do your vent covers looks a little like this?  Yuck!  Besides needing to be cleaned, this one has seen better days.

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I was dreaming of Oil Rubbed Bronze vent covers, BUT on a budget!  Welcome my favorite friend, Krylon Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint!

I had 7 in-floor vent covers downstairs.  I took them all out, washed them, and laid them outside to dry.

Then the painting began…

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I did 2 light coats and that seemed to cover them great!  I was spray painting several other things as well, but not including drying time this project took less than 30 minutes.  And I didn’t even use a whole can of spray paint, so this project cost less than $3.00!

(While they were drying, I vacuumed out all of the vents!  Yuck!  I think some of this dirt was from the previous owners!)

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So here are all 7 vents before and after!

Living room #1

Before

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After!

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Living room vent #2

Before:

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Obviously my cat is liking them too, or maybe he is just enjoying the window being open! :)

After:

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Yucky kitchen vent #1

Before:

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After!  (The best transformation of all!  This vent looks 200% better!)

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Kitchen vent #2

Before:
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After!

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Hallway vent

Before:

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After

(Ignore the gaps between the tile and baseboard.  I need to re-install the molding around the baseboards. :(  It is on my monstrous house to-do list.)

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Dining room vent

Before:

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After:

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Amazing what a little spray paint can do!  Even though they weren’t bad and brassy, I am liking the ORB change! :)

What have you been spray painting this Spring?
Enjoy reading this post?  Get inspired by more of my Décor on a Dime projects and room makeovers!
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12 comments:

  1. What an amazing transformation! Love it!

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  2. Thanks, Renee! So easy but a big impact! :)

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  3. What a great idea! We just moved into a new place (new to us) in GA and some of the vents are horrid! Some are white w/rust and some are dark colored this is a great idea to fix them on the cheap considering one vent is about $7 bucks at the hardware store! Thanks for a great post.

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  4. I absolutely love them. I used oil rubbed bronze a couple years ago to redo all our switch plates...what a savings! Our house is over 100yrs old and the covers are so in need of a touch up. What a great idea. Thanks so much for sharing!

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  5. Don't you just love that stuff? I did a similar upgrade to ORB here http://alwaysatreasure.blogspot.com/2011/04/from-brass-to-oil-rubbed-on-cheap.html

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  6. Why didnt I think of this?? Guess what I'm going to do this weekend?? :-)

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  7. Thanks for the great idea............gotta get me some ORB.....stat!!!

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  8. Great idea! I so need to do this on ours.

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  9. Thanks for this idea! I'm definitely going to do this!

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  10. Totally love this!!! It completely transformed them...great job!!

    LaKeta
    1luckeegirl.blogspot.com

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  11. Thanks!! Hope all of you get a chance to try it on yours! Mine are still looking great after a few months. :) Thinking about doing doorknobs next???

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  12. Hi there, I have purchased my ORB spray paint and ready to start my project. I am redoing all of the floor vents in ORB. How long did you leave the vents to cure/dry before installing them?

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