The worst part about having a Restoration Hardware credit card is that as soon as you pay the darn thing off, they send a $75 gift card good for your next purchase.
Don’t know if y’all shop at Restoration Hardware very often…but there’s not much they offer for only 75 bones.
Soap, maybe.
It does, however, take a small chunk off a slightly larger purchase.
Like this slightly industrial looking Rivet Hearth Flat Panel fire screen.
See where I’m going with this?
This old fire screen is one of the last things we still have that belonged to the Cavender House’s previous design-challenged owner. Robert
Not that there’s anything wrong with it…….
Now, thanks to the high-pressure sales people at Restoration Hardware….we have this.
Does it look to y’all anything like it does in the RH catalog picture? Scroll back up if you have to.
No….no, it doesn’t
It looks like it was spray-painted flat silver……..WTH?
No worries, I have a plan. Love to spray things black. It’s almost a hobby for me.
I have some Rust-oleum “high heat” flat black spray paint.
Of course I do. We used it on the last fire screen already.
But just to keep that thing from looking like it was simply sprayed black this time instead of silver, I took some fine grit sandpaper to the edges…….just a little.
To let some of that silver show through.
Now, it looks more like it was supposed to,
That light sanding gives the screen just enough depth.
Way, More, Much Better.
After all, we want guests notice the blazing fire……..and not the silly screen.
THE CAVENDER DIARY 
It definitely looks way more much better! You have such an eye for the details.
WTH that looked nothing like the one in the catalog, looks like they need to hire you, maybe then you would get a discount. Haha love it now, there is nothing you can’t fix with black paint! Genius as always!!!
Black spray paint fixes everything!!!!
I love Restoration Hardware’s slightly industrial everything! Ditto on your having an eye for the details.
I, too, suffer from the blackspraypaintitis. When we moved into our house there wasn’t a fireplace screen at all! We inherited my folks’ brass one when they changed their fp to gas. Now, I love me some brass! But that bad boy got painted with the high heat black as soon as we could.
When in doubt, paint it black.
Amen.
Yeppers! Black spray paint fixes everything!
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looks so much better. Bought 3 of their expensive stools and they don’t look like the ones in the catalog either. Still have to do some work on them to age them down. The ones in the store do not look as cheap as the ones they send you. They know you won’t send them back as it’s too complicated. What happened to the days when stores actually stocked stuff and you didn’t have to order online?
That drives me bananas too!!! The only things you can walk out of the store with is $50 soap and $75 candles. It’s all about making money, not high quality products. And I still love everything in that store!
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Did you use the same black high heat for the brick? Please walk me through it or direct me to that post! I can’t wait to get started!!
Hi Libby, I don’t think I blogged about the black paint in the firebox. It was just one of the things we did before we moved in…..good thing too because the fumes are pretty intense.
What is the name of the paint used on the fireplace?
Hi Shaune, I believe it’s Ralph Lauren “Granite”. It’s been that color for 7 years…..If they don’t sell Ralph Lauren pints near you, Home Depot will mix the color in a Behr paint for you.
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What color did you paint your fireplace brick?
Hi Dianne, it’s a discontinued Ralph Lauren color called “Granite”, Home Depot can mix a can for you in any paint.