5/24/12

Faux Ironstone

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‘Tis the season for yard & garage sales.  Keep an eye open for those uniquely shaped, yet ugly-colored glass & ceramic vases, pitchers, etc.  Spray paint can turn the ugliest little pitcher into a pretty ironstone-esque decor piece for your home.
I am in love with old Ironstone pitchers.  I don’t have the funds or time to come up with a large Ironstone collection like my mom’s.  So until the day she decides to pass those down… 😉 … I’ll just continue to re-create the look with paint.   
When spray painting glass & ceramic, make sure it is done in light coats, allowing it to dry to the touch between coats.  {It’s really only minutes between coats.}  I use an ivory/cream spray paint to achieve the look of Ironstone.  All of my mom’s Ironstone pitchers have a high-sheen finish, so a gloss spray paint would probably work best.  However, I used a satin finish paint here & love how it turned out.   
& what would one of my posts be without a mason jar?  It’s getting ridiculous… I know.
 

This little pitcher was littered with an outdated floral pattern until I salvaged the poor thing. 

Happy Thrifting!

  1. Anonymous

    May 24th, 2012 at 3:07 AM

    And now I have one more thing to add to my DIY list!!! darn it girl, you need to live closer so i can just beg you to do it for me!!!! 🙂

  2. Lori Terceira

    January 4th, 2014 at 6:24 AM

    I never thought to do this….What a fabulous idea.

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