Painting A Ceiling Fan

The fan in my kitchen was not ugly like the fans I painted in my bedroom. However it didn’t match and it wasn’t going to match AFTER I painted the cabinets. This fan was more difficult to paint than my bedroom ceiling fans. For one thing it is much heavier. For another thing, it is built differently and I had to take the entire thing down.
I needed a way to suspend it while I painted it. Had I laid it down, the support road would have gotten messed up while it was being painted.
The ceiling bracket thingy has two holes that attached the fan to the ceiling. I used a paint bucket handle to fit in these holes.
I hung it on my clothes line. By the way, don’t knock my clothes line, it was a curb find!
I covered up the motor parts with a grocery bag.
I did the same with the light kit.

I painted everything with a coat of primer. (paddle brackets not shown here because I forgot to paint them initially)

After the primer I sprayed it with a silver metallic spray paint.

I painted the paddles with Dutch Boy Refresh (Sweetened White), the same as I used on the cabinets.

I love the new look, even though the kitchen is still not finished and put back together yet.

The globes could certainly stand to be replaced some day soon.

FYI  I did not paint the tops of the paddles! My patience and perfection only goes so far! I do take shortcuts when I can.

Updated to show how kitchen looks after I painted my oak cabinets, and painted vinyl floor.

edited to add:  I have now painted my Kitchen Island, and my counter tops.
gail
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