Metal Lawn Furniture Does Not Have To Be Boring

When we bought our house, we purchased a lot of the furniture in it, including the metal patio furniture on the screened-in porch. At the time the furniture sported black paint with peeling in areas revealing the white paint underneath and sometimes the green paint underneath that. Without question, Graham and I prepped the surfaces of each piece and repainted the furniture black. Fast forward seven years later, and we were back to peeling paint, but this time I made a different decision.

Initially, I thought we’d repaint it black. I even bought some cans of black paint, but then I wondered if something different would look better. I popped online where I quickly discovered the trend of painting metal furniture all sorts of fun colors. Rather than the usual black, brown, green, and white, people opted for bright, fresh colors. Suddenly my mind swirled with blues, aquas, yellows, purples, pinks, reds, etc. I thought about my screened-in porch and the two peacock windchimes (side note: we call our house Peacock Hill, and we have A LOT of peacock-themed items). I decided blue and aqua tones would fit the bill.

Rust-Oleum now features a HUGE palette of colors. I looked at four dark blues and a myriad of aqua and green tones. I chose “Ink Blue,” which has an indigo/purple thing going for it, and “Lagoon,” a good mid-tone aqua.

Note: If you ever want it to rain in Central Kentucky, please contact me and ask me to make plans to paint lawn furniture. Last Tuesday I looked at the weather forecast on The Weather Channel app. It said that Tuesday and Wednesday had about 10% chance of rain. That was good enough for me! Graham helped me drag the furniture off the screened-in porch, and I started scraping and sanding. My plan was to scrape, sand, and hose down the furniture on Tuesday and paint it all on Wednesday. Mother Nature, it seems, had other plans. By Tuesday night, Wednesday’s forecast flipped to heavy rain that continued until the weekend.

While waiting on the rain to pass, I concocted a bunch of other screened-in porch makeover plans. I figured it would be best to do everything at once. I’ll cover those projects in another post.

This past Monday, I finally got to paint the furniture. I spray-painted all the main furniture the “Ink Blue,” and I covered all the accent pieces in “Lagoon.” I even spray-painted the “Lagoon” on the light steel blue faux leather seat cushions. Though I know there are paints made specifically for leather and vinyl, I remembered spray-painting ballet and tap shoes in dance school, so I took the chance, and they turned out fine. All the results were beautiful, but I still had concerns about how it would look in action.

My worries were unfounded! When we placed the furniture back on the screened-in porch, everything looked so fresh. I added the red cushions that we’ve used the last seven years. The whole look just clicked into place.

Paint can make all the difference in the world. While more traditional metal furniture colors are the norm, think outside the box and be bold. You might be surprised with the results!

Note: I was not paid by Rust-Oleum to write this post. It’s just my go-to spray paint.