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As you may know I have been bitten by the Mercury Glass Bug. Mercury glass has the abilty to add glitz and glam with vintage appeal to your home. Vintage Mercury glass can be quite expensive. Reproduction mercury glass has been popping up everywhere but even that can be expensive.  I wanted a mercury glass lamp for my livingroom and decided I wanted to try and make one myself, or atleast faux finish one that looked similar to the real thing. I began researching it online figuring SOMEONE must have tried this already. I did find a few different techniques and decided on trying one that consisted of using a spray bottle of water and silver metallic spray paint. I went to my  favorite local thrift … Continue reading →