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Easy and Inexpensive DIY Painted Vase

by heather 11 Comments

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How to paint a clear glass vase – easy DIY home decor project to hold flowers. This DIY painted vase has a high end look and inexpensive to make!

How to paint a clear glass vase - easy DIY home decor project to hold flowers. This DIY painted vase has a high end look and inexpensive to make!

Easy and Inexpensive DIY Painted Vase

 This vase sits on my desk in my office.  Behind the vase is my inspiration board where I keep pictures of my family, magazine pics, fabric clippings ect.
 
How to paint a clear glass vase - easy DIY home decor project to hold flowers. This DIY painted vase has a high end look and inexpensive to make!
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Supplies to make DIY Painted Vase:

– Clear vase

– White paint oil based.  The reason I used oil paint is because it’s more durable than latex.  I used paint in a can, not spray paint, since it’s easier to get to the bottom of my tall vase and covers better than spray paint does.

– Artificial cherry blossom branches or other artificial flowers or artificial greenery.

– Paper towels.

Tutorial:

– Wash and dry the inside and outside of vase.

– In a ventilated area, pour white oil paint into vase: pour paint down the inside of the vase in several places to cover the vase. 

– Once paint pools at the bottom (this won’t take long) turn vase upside down and allow the paint to run back towards you to cover the areas that were missed, so that the entire vase is covered. 

– Place vase upside down on several paper towels in a ventilated area.  Leave vase like this until the paint stops running out of the vase. This took about 1 day.

– When the paint is no longer running down the sides, turn the vase right side up and let dry.  This took 2 days.

– When the vase is dry you can insert branches or flowers as desired. 

I love how this vase has a glossy white appearance, which really makes the color of the cherry blossom branches pop.  Since the paint is on the inside, the glass itself makes it look super glossy!
 
How to paint a clear glass vase - easy DIY home decor project to hold flowers. This DIY painted vase has a high end look and inexpensive to make!

 

How to paint a clear glass vase - easy DIY home decor project to hold flowers. This DIY painted vase has a high end look and inexpensive to make!
 

I hope you enjoyed my Easy and Inexpensive DIY Painted Vase tutorial!
Tutorial!

 
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Filed Under: Decor, DIY, Tutorials Tagged With: centerpiece, Craft, Decor, DIY, flowers, office, table decor, tutorial, vase

heatherHeather is a Designer and the owner of the Interior Design and Lifestyle website SettingforFour.com Heather offers online EDesign services Instagram and family friendly, elegant interiors.

 

 

Comments

  1. Cynthia says

    April 27, 2012 at 11:58 am

    Your vase looks great with those pretty branches! I just painted a vase white yesterday… I’m wishing now I had used oil paint, because that’s a really smart idea!

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  2. Claire says

    April 27, 2012 at 1:19 pm

    So sleek and sophisticated! Love it! Isn’t it amazing how different a vase or jar looks when you swirl paint inside it? I bet the shape of this is much less frustrating to cover with paint than the narrow mouthed jars that I keep choosing 😉 I have never worked with oil-based paint before. Is this the kind that you could use water with if you wanted to?

    Happy weekend, Heather!

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  3. Amy - while wearing heels says

    April 27, 2012 at 1:46 pm

    Definitely bleak to chic. I love it! I see vases like this ALL the time at Goodwill for $1. I’ll have to add this to my ever growing list of projects to attempt.

    Reply
  4. Lisa ~ The SweetTalk Shop says

    April 28, 2012 at 2:14 am

    I love paint!!! This vase looks so chic!! Hope you have had a great week and looking forward to a wonderful weekend!

    Reply
  5. Sunny Vanilla says

    April 28, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    Such a great idea! I really would like to try this and since we’re moving into a new space, I think I might. The vase looks so fresh and spring-like. Love the flowers you chose for it too.

    Take care,
    Jen
    sunnyvanilla.blogspot.com

    Reply
  6. LDH says

    April 28, 2012 at 10:48 pm

    A really lovely project! The vase full of flowers looks beautiful. Thanks for sharing 🙂
    Kindly, Lorraine

    Reply
  7. Rose Jesky says

    April 29, 2012 at 11:26 am

    Great idea!!

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  8. Heather Kaluf says

    April 29, 2012 at 8:19 pm

    I have a vase that I do not like the color of. This will be a great way for me to update it!
    Thanks for sharing at Sunday Round Up.
    xoxo
    Heather

    Reply
  9. Jenny says

    April 29, 2012 at 11:17 pm

    Gorgeous!

    Reply
  10. Holly says

    May 3, 2012 at 8:15 pm

    So pretty! I just bought a vase at Target that could use some dressing up– this might be just the trick I need. Thanks!

    Reply
  11. Sarah says

    May 4, 2012 at 2:53 am

    This looks great. I recently finished painting some vases white, but I used spray paint and I think the way you did it looks better, I’ll have to try that next time! Thanks for sharing over at The Winthrop Chronicles!

    Reply

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