How to reinvigorate old glassware

Give much-loved glass trinkets a new lease on life - by Home Beautiful

Michael Tobar

Jazz up glass jars, antique decanters and trinket boxes with a coat of paint, then use your modernised vessels to elegantly display fresh blooms, hold odds and ends or create vibrant objets d’art. First, clean glassware with warm, soapy water.

Michael Tobar

When dry, apply a base primer suitable for glass, and allow to dry. Apply two coats of a flat matt acrylic paint – for best results, allow the first coat to fully dry before applying the second.

Michael Tobar

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