Faux Stainless Steel Alphabet Magnets {Pottery Barn Knock-Off}

A few weeks back my friend Rebecca and I were just chatting when she mentioned something...Stainless steel alphabet fridge magnets!  She said she'd seen them somewhere, and I found out they were from Pottery Barn.  Not only were they from Pottery Barn, but they cost $29 for the set!  What!?!  Here's  what they look like at Pottery Barn.

Cute, but ridiculous right?!

Come on, we've all seen or probably have had the typical multi-colored bright {obnoxious} alphabet magnets on our fridge for our kiddo's at some point.  So we talked and thought it would be a fun DIY project to re-create.  Why didn't I think of this before!  I love how they turned out, well minus the little monsoon mishap a few of my letters suffered from while drying outside.

 
{Don't mind my shadow, or the crazy amounts of tiny scratches on my fridge.  Note to those that plan on buying a black shiny fridge, they will scratch with anything that touches them.}

These are incredibly easy to do...

Here is what you will need:

- 1 Set Plastic Alphabet Fridge Magnets 

- 1 Can primer spray paint

- 1 Can Valspar "Brilliant Metal" silver spray paint

{This total project cost me about $4.  I already had the Valspar "Brilliant Metal" silver spray paint, but this paint is a must!  It's the closet to a shiny silver as I have found to date.  I originally tried the Krylon silver spray paint and that wasn't nearly as bright as the Valspar was.  So use the Valspar.  And this project can be done in any color you want honestly.  Gold, bronze, copper, white, black, you name it!  The magnets I found at Walmart I think for around $2, along with the cheap gray walmart brand spray primer.}

Spray your letters with primer, let it dry.  Then spray a coat of the Valspar "brilliant metal".  Let it dry really well.  When it's dried completely you will have amazing new magnets that won't clash with your kitchen decor.  And the kids will still have fun playing with them.  And hopefully you won't have a monsoon storm blow through and blow your letters all over the yard!


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