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Nice remake. I'd like it even better if she'd taken spray paint to the gold parts--maybe white or grey or black paint. But, yes, big improvement.

I don't think ceiling fans have to be bad at all. We put a rather pretty all white one in our nursery, and it's wonderful. It creates a nice feel in the room, and we haven't had to put the window AC unit in there at all this summer, even while our other rooms are muggy and miserable. In fact, as soon as we get a chance, we're going to put a fan in our bedroom, one on the porch, and maybe one in the kitchen. Really, they make nice ceiling fans now--they're not all ugly, the moving air really make a house feel fresher, and they're much greener than AC. What's not to love?

Wow, it's still pretty ugly. Maybe if she painted the brass a dull bronze color...

I agree with comicgeek. To me, that's a before, not an after. It looks like what it is... a home depot lamp that got a reworking.

there are some really nice ceiling fans out there... mod brushed stainless. some cost under $300. I would do that rather than attempt to recuscitate the dead.

Sheesh, tough crowd here. There are stylish ceiling fans out there, but the point here is that she *didn't* just go out and buy something new, but made an improvement inexpensively and rather quickly.

i agree with others...this is ugly. it seems like its half way finished. the ruffled lamp shades can be cheaply replaced with more sleek. and the brass has gotta go! i love fans btw, there a must but all of ours have been painted white to some what blend in with the celing.

unnecessary comments from comic, jackle, and modern. if its in your dna to be rude, keep it to yourself. btw, why don't you three post pictures of your spaces for judgement?

You know, "under $300" is completely affordable for everyone! :/

/sarcasm

Nice quick fix.

I don't think it looks too bad but I can't help but think of what the English author and and contemporary of Charles Dickens wrote when visiting America:

I was requested by a lady to escort her to a seminary for young ladies, and on being ushered into the reception-room, conceive my astonishment at beholding a square piano-forte with four limbs. However, that the ladies who visited their daughters might feel in its full force the extreme delicacy of the mistress of the establishment, and her care to preserve in their utmost purity the ideas of the young ladies under her charge, she had dressed all these four limbs in modest little trousers, with frills at the bottom of them!

My post above got mangled and Frederick Marryat's name slipped out.

Jeez! Everyone's all moneybags up in this piece!

Anyway, this is exactly what I was looking for. Right this instant, I am staring up at -- I kid you not -- a completely identical ceiling fan. It is depressing and an eyesore, and I am a lowly tenant with dreams of pendant lamps. Luxury lighting isn't in the cards for me just yet, but I do have a spool of Ikea fabric! So I am thrilled.

Some ceiling fans can look nice but this one is still ugly. Should have spraypainted the ugly gold and went with a less busy pattern.

regardless of how much or little something costs, it can still be fabulous or underwhelming.

personally, I think the fan ugly with or without the paper. but I commend Angela for her crafty DIY and I'm sure she loves it and that's what matters.

Spray paint or metallic paint will take a generic fan a long way. We have three in our house- one is silver, one red and one green. They're essential for city living in the summer. They can also help to circulate heat in the winter.
A quick fix for this fan would be to replace the tulip lights with a dome light. They sell these parts at Home Depot and it's very easy to do. Would clean it up considerably.
But I love the idea of wallpaper on the blades- very fun!!

Removing the blades is easy--just unscrew from the top side and that's it. I personally painted the boring brown "fake wood" fan blades on my ceiling fans in glossy paint to match the walls and it looks great. If I had time I'd spray paint the rest of the fan to hide the brassy part, but I did ameliorate it somewhat by attaching a simple ring of parchment colored paper above the vents. If I won a makeover for my house, they would have to leave the ceiling fans--they are invaluable during the summer!

i agree with others- spray painting does go a long away. i'm also wondering if you could cover the blades with contact paper?

We picked up a modern design in a dull color (gray) at Home Depot and painted it bright green to spruce it up. I get tons of compliments on our nursery ceiling fan:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v406/mariahb/nursery1-1.jpg

I like the idea, just with some other additional fix-ups. I've never liked ceiling fans much, but this is nice.