My ceiling fan makeover

 I am so excited to share with ya'll the latest project I've done! 

I used to have this big eyesore in my living room...

My old, ugly ceiling fan. It used to have a cover for the light but I hated it. It was a yellowy orange color so the whole room had a weird color because of it. It was probably a year after we moved in that I took the light cover off, sold it in a yard sale and told myself I would take the fan down soon...

I didn't. In fact it's hung there, bare bulb and all, a lot longer than I would like to admit. But at least there's not a yellowy orange cast all over the room now, right? Having a bare bulb was a big improvement right? Uh not so much!

I eventually want to replace the fan with a pretty chandelier. But since I don't have the funds for a new light fixture at the moment, I decided to update the fan we have. I wanted to make it a little easier on the eyes while we had to live with it.

So first I took off the blades. I took apart most of it to take outside to paint. I did paint one part of it inside the house. I just made sure to tape it off really well and I laid an old blanket underneath to catch any drips just in case.

I gave everything a good cleaning before I painted. I used an oil rubbed bronze spray paint with a primer in it. Goodbye brass! Good riddance!

Once I had the blades off, I saw that the other side looked a lot better than what was originally showing on the fan. So I decided to attach them back with the dark side showing.

I then took a lamp shade I found at target a couple weeks ago. It was love at first sight with this lamp shade. I took a wire hanger and tied it around it so it would stay on my fan. It really doesn't look too pretty when you look straight up. Thankfully it's over my table so you really can't see the inside unless you lean across the table and look up. I'm sure I could probably make it a lot prettier looking inside if I wanted to. And I probably will take it off and work with making it look better. I was just so excited to get it up there, ha! 

I really wanted to show ya'll this picture tho because it can kind of give you an idea how you can attach a lamp shade to a ceiling fan.

Much better right? Here's a little side by side for comparison.

 So for $16 for the lamp shade and the cost of a little spray paint, I got rid of an eyesore. 

So has anyone else got rid of an eyesore lately? I have a few more in my house I need to tackle! 

I am or will be sharing with these Awesome Parties:
///Monday: Monday Funday Link Party @ Uncommon Designs / Made by you Monday @ Skip to my Lou / Sunday Showcase @ Under the table and dreaming by Stephanie Lynn/Take-a-Look Tuesday @ Sugar Bee Crafts / Get your Craft on Tuesday! @ Today's Creative Blog / Tutorials & Tips Party @ Home Stories A2Z 

///Tuesday: The Inspiration Board Link Party @ Carolyn's Homework / Share it link party @ The Winthrop Chronicles 

///Wednesday: Sizzle into Summer @ DIY By Design / Wow Us Wednesdays @ Savvy Southern Style / We Did It! Wednesday @ Sew much ado / Transformation Thursdays @ The Shabby Creek Cottage/Hookin up with HOH @ House of Hepworths/ Whatever goes Wednesday @ Someday Crafts / Show and Share Wednesday @ Semi Homemade Mom 

///Thursday: Thursdays are your days @ 52 Mantels / Party Time @ The 36th Avenue / Live, Laugh, {Linky} Thursday @ Live Laugh Rowe / Thursday's Temptation @ Two Yellow Birds Decor / Pinterest Power Party @ The Taylor House/Link Party Thursday @ Somewhat Simple/ Keep Calm and Link up @ Becoming Martha/Flaunt it Friday @ Chic On A Shoestring Decorating/ Shine on Fridays @ One Artsy Mama 

///Friday: Creative Inspirations Linky Party @ Embracing Change / Frugal Friday @ The Shabby Nest / Show and Tell Friday @ My Romantic Home / I'm Lovin' It Fridays @ Tidy Mom / {What's Shakin'} link party @ Shaken Together / Funky Junk's Party Junk @ Funky Junk Interiors/Weekend wrapup party @ Tatertots & Jello 

///Saturday: Spotlight Saturday Link Party @ Classy Clutter /Sundae Scoop @ I heart nap time / Overflowing with creativity @ It's overflowing /Think Pink Saturdays @ Flamingo Toes 

///Sunday: Nifty Thrifty Sunday @ Nifty Thrifty /Making the world Cuter Monday @ Making the World Cuter  /CraftOManiac Monday @ CraftOManiac / Motivate me Monday @ Keeping it Simple