There is an eighth wonder of the world and it is hammered copper spray paint. We recently bought a house and the previous owners left several of these extremely unattractive Christmas vases in the garage. I was about to pitch them when my can of copper spray paint started to whisper, "Try me first."

I sprayed one of the vases and went over it with black craft paint.









Here is the result...

I was so impressed with myself that I went to work on an ugly vase I bought at an auction.




















And here is the finished product...



Don't stand still at my house or you're likely to find yourself covered in copper spray paint.