Shower Curtain: I Used Acrylic Paint To Change The Highlight Color

Bought a shower curtain at the thrift store but I didn’t like the hue of the warm accents. They were in cinnamon and red brick colors and though not a lot, there was enough to annoy me.

On the back of this seam you can see what those colors looked like.

Since the design was not complex and there wasn’t a whole lot of the accent colors, I decided to cover them in my signature color, bright pink/fuchsia.

I moved the curtain along on my ironing board as I finished painting each section. The material seemed to be some type of polyester and was fairly easy to paint.

I would have added a fabric extender to the paint if there had been a lot of painting to do.

For the most part, I tried using the Donna Dewberry one-stroke method, which I’d never done. It’s basically loading the brush with two colors, one on each side, and twisting the brush as you paint.

I doubled or tripled the number of the brownish accents (which were mostly near the top) with my fuchsia paint. I carried my design further down the curtain, making the new color more prominent.

I made any type of random marks and strokes I could think of in different areas, using the leaves to add various flower-like marks.

I immediately liked the drape and pattern of this shower curtain when I saw it, but not the muted teal colors. For a hot second, I thought about painting over those too but came to my senses. :roll_eyes:

There were, however, enough of the chartreuse and pear colors to make me happy.

I wondered who designed this pretty, grommeted bathroom curtain but there is not a label nor markings. It is now my spring/summer shower curtain.

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Great redo on the colors.

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This looks fantastic! Way to customize & improve on design. Nicely done.

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this looks fantastic! would never have occurred to me to paint over parts with a favorite color – well done!

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It looks gorgeous and seamlessly works with the existing design. Lovely work!

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Definitely happier colors! I love the two tone petals. Haven’t tried that technique, but will since your results turned out so nicely!

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Thank you everyone! Here is a pic of part of the original shower curtain. Thought I had one and glad I found it. There’s about the same amount of the cinnamon color on the part that is hanging to the right side.

There were a couple of spots of dark purple. You might ask, with so little of that brick color showing, why would I need to paint over it?

Well, I’m just in love with fuchsia pinks/purples and chartreuse greens/yellows. So, my signature colors are green and pink. Having to look at anything else just rubs me the wrong way. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

My neutrals are white/gray/black. If it’s a taupe, it needs to be a gray/cool taupe. I’m a winter. I love bright, clear colors, jewel tones.

That’s one reason that I like watercolors so much. I remember liking green with yellow accents as a child. Somewhere along the way, I fell in love with rich pinks. I do sometimes work with other colors.

I may add more florals to the shower curtain for next spring after I take it down for the fall/winter. There are many spaces still with just green.

@J-squared @Magpie @kayrun @Tapestry @AIMR

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Your repaint turned out really pretty! So glad you have a shower curtain that you love!

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That pink is DIVINE! Lovely work.

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