How to Transform an Ugly Ceiling Fan

How was your weekend?  Ours was extremely busy.  As I've mentioned, my brother and his wife and their 2 1/2 year old twins just moved into their new home.  Our housewarming gift to them was for me to decorate their kids new rooms.  They moved from a one bedroom apartment in New York City to a three bedroom townhouse.  For the first time Lexi and Joey (my 2 1/2 year old niece and nephew) will have their own room.  They had no furniture so I had a clean slate to work with.  I spent all day yesterday working in Lexi's room.  There was so much to do.

The ceiling fan in Lexi's new room wasn't very girly at all.

 It had fake wood blades that didn't match anything.  I had planned on painting the blades.  However, after taking down the blades, I discovered that the other side was white (yay...one less thing to paint).  

All I had to do was flip over the blades and reattach the brackets.

We also took down the glass light covers and washed everything.  We vacuumed the motor of the ceiling fan as well.  It was amazing how much better it looked already just by cleaning it.

Then using a stencil and the left over paint the seller's had left that matched the existing wall color, 

I began my transformation.

Using blue tape, I taped the stencil in place.  Then I used a foam brush and after dabbing off most of the paint, used a pouncing motion to fill in the stencil.

I stenciled three across each blade.

Voila!  Ugly ceiling fan becomes super cute ceiling fan.  I just love the power of paint and stencils. 

Speaking of stencils, I have a very big surprise for you later this week.  For starters, I will be revealing what I did with the rest of Lexi's room (and I must say, it's amazing what you can accomplish in one day).  In addition,  I have a very special giveaway planned as well.  You won't want to miss it. 

-Judy