Thanks, Uncle Jimmy! Just in time for Christmas, he painted our dining room radiator!

Remember when we talked about radiators? Well, I went to the paint store and bought this Modern Masters metallic paint.

I’ve never used it before and wasn’t sure if we’d need a primer, or how much scraping would be required, etc. But James just cleaned the radiator super well, slopped on a first coat, and then touched up with a lighter second coat.

It’s not quite as light as I’d thought it would be – I thought it would be closer to the wall color – but I still think it’s a drastic improvement over the white.


Don’t you?
Annie Elliott – aka bossy color – is an interior decorator and design blogger in Washington, D.C. She has been quoted in publications from The Washington Post to Real Simple and is considered an expert on color, residential space planning, and telling people what to do in the nicest way possible.