DIY - Gold Accents!

After much frustration looking for gold round mirrors for our bedroom, I once again turned to Home Goods for a little help.  Sure I could find gold leaf round mirrors for $800+ each, but simple round mirrors in a "good" gold color were almost non-existent.  They did not exist at Home Goods either, but a pair of lovely round brown mirrors did.

I had recently read "The Bossy Color" Blog by Annie Elliott about  painting a radiator with a "Modern Masters" metallic paint, and was inspired to take a stab at painting my newly acquired round mirrors gold.  After some investigation, I not only found "Modern Masters" metallic paint at a local paint store, but also found out that they indeed have a gold. Actually, not just one gold, but a whole bunch of gold color paints.  No joke. I was able to bring a my favorite gold picture frame to the paint store and select the "right" gold to match my little picture frame to paint my mirrors.  Talk about SCORE!!

Here is a partial snap shot of the Modern Masters Color Palette:

So I was too excited and forgot to photograph the "before" of the mirrors. So here is a "during" picture.  (Can you tell that I do my dirty work in a corner of the basement?) The paint I bought was a "Semi-Opaque" Pale Gold so I needed 3 coats, but that was fine by me.

Here is the little, round, gold frame I was trying to match.  It is difficult to see, but the little frame is the gold I wanted, and the other frame had way to much green in it.

I also bought photo frames, and of course wanted them to match, so you guessed it, they got a coat of my new favorite paint too! (Which look really orange here for some strange reason...)

And here is the end result - cohesive gold frames all around!

Hmmmmmm.... what else would look good in gold??

Cheers!
Becky