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
– 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 hope you enjoyed my Easy and Inexpensive DIY Painted Vase tutorial!
Tutorial!
Heather Luckhurst is the publisher and owner of the Design and Lifestyle website 
Cynthia says
April 27, 2012 at 11:58 amYour 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!
Claire @ a little something in the meantime . . . says
April 27, 2012 at 1:19 pmSo 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!
Amy - while wearing heels says
April 27, 2012 at 1:46 pmDefinitely 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.
Lisa ~ The SweetTalk Shop says
April 28, 2012 at 2:14 amI love paint!!! This vase looks so chic!! Hope you have had a great week and looking forward to a wonderful weekend!
Sunny Vanilla says
April 28, 2012 at 2:52 pmSuch 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
LDH says
April 28, 2012 at 10:48 pmA really lovely project! The vase full of flowers looks beautiful. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Kindly, Lorraine
Rose Jesky says
April 29, 2012 at 11:26 amGreat idea, Thanks for sharing this with us this week at the Sunday Round Up Link Party.
See you next week,
Rose @ http://www.arosiesweethome.com/
Jenny @ The NY Melrose Family says
April 29, 2012 at 11:17 pmI’m so glad you joined in the bloglovin hop. I’m following. I host a weekly link party on Wednesday’s and I’d love for you to join in.
Heather Kaluf says
April 29, 2012 at 8:19 pmI 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
Holly @ abakershouse.com says
May 3, 2012 at 8:15 pmSo pretty! I just bought a vase at Target that could use some dressing up– this might be just the trick I need. Thanks! Found you through House of Hepworth’s link up.
from Holly @www.abakershouse.com
Sarah says
May 4, 2012 at 2:53 amThis 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!