Finding good looking ceiling fans is the worst! An impossible feat – even if you have a big ceiling fan budget, which I don’t. I do, however, have a major need for ceiling fans. The breezy Pacific is close enough that air conditioners aren’t common here. So fans are. And I really need them to not be ugly.
(UPDATE: MORE ON THE PAINTING PROCESS HERE.)
(UPDATE: CATCH A MASSIVE ROUNDUP OF MODERN FANS RIGHT HERE.)
Eight years and two houses ago, Lowes carried these fans that were oddly awesome (Avian by Harbor Breeze). Playful, light wood, with an Eames bent plywood vibe going on. We installed one in our nursery before our kids were born and it was great. Then we moved and obviously didn’t take the ceiling fan. I’ve been searching for good ones since we bought this house, with no success. What I really wanted was just more of those, even they have been long gone since 2006. 
Well, I stand here a few months later with not one, but two, fresh new-in-box Avians. Thanks eBay and my weird persistence over things that really don’t matter. 
The fans are great as they are with the brushed nickel finish. But this house leans gold and I could think of no reason that they shouldn’t be painted a brassy color. So I spray painted this one before installation and I love it! (See this post for more info on that.) 
One is already installed in the kids’ room and the other is waiting to be installed in the guest room and I’m feeling like I SCORED.
SUBURBAN POP * 
What color and brand of spray paint did you use on the ceiling fan?
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Rustoleum “Specialty Metallic” with a shiny gold cap. It has a picture of a picture frame on the can if that helps :) Let the paint cure before handling or it’ll show fingerprints
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do you know where to find more?
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The fan looks so much better in gold!
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Thank you! I wasn’t sure that it would turn out, but I’m so glad I went for it!
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Where did you get your window coverings? What are they called? Thank you!
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Amazon! They are bamboo shades by Lewis Hyman called Kona (or maybe that is the color name?). Link here: https://amzn.to/2Lrk2Df
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Thanks Jenny for the info! I just found your blog a few days ago and really dig the awesome of your awesomer house!! Good writing too. Keep it up!
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Thank you so much Ashley!!! So sweet :)
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*I meant to type awesome photos :)
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Hey do you happen to know how to remove the cover to replace the light bulb
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If I remember correctly, you just twist the glass. Good luck!
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I love the look of your fan. I found 6 reviews. They all said it was too loud. Did you find this as well?
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Thanks for sharing the informative article.
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