Last summer I bought a super ugly father clock that was originally a really gross brown-green colour. It was wretched looking but it was only 4.00 so I couldn’t pass it up.  I figured it was salvageable so I took it home and painted it up to give it a faux antique look.

First I covered all the glass and hinges with paint tape to protect them and then I spray painted it with a matte black spray paint.

Then once that had time to dry in the hot summer sun, I took some gold and silver acrylic paint and sponged it very lightly with gentle streaks just here and there to make it look like it was tarnished gold underneath.  The whole project cost me less then $10.00 including the batteries need to make the clock work.