Coastal Cottage Wall hooks

I was given an iron wall hanging with hooks that I thought needing some jazzing up.  I have many items in my home that are coastal cottage and I thought this would make a great addition.  Here's the before picture of the wall hooks....

 

 

Nice looking wall hooks but I wanted a softer color that screamed Beach Décor with some shabby chicness!  So I did a dry bush technique and chose a coral-ish color to brush on.  I actually used this color which was $.50 at walmart.  It's an acrylic paint which works great with just about any surface you put it on.  I added a touch of a strawberry color I had to make it a bit less sherbert like.  I just lightly brushed on the first two coats and to try and get in some of the nooks and crannies of this iron scroll work.  I did a third coat so the color looked rich and finished. 

 

 

 

I lightly sanded the areas to let some of the original black iron to show through to give it that warn look.  I love anything that looks used and imperfect.  After the sanding and getting the right combo of dark to coral color, I did two coats of poly to seal it from chipping.  Here is a close up....

 

 

 

 

It really is that easy.  It's such fun to transform an item and give it new personality!  If that's not your thing and you have old iron hooks laying around, I'll gladly take them off your hands :)