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March 4, 2015 by: Ashley Greenwood

DIY Brass Pineapple { A Thrift Store Upcycle }

Our home office has furniture galore. What the room needs now are some interesting and totally inexpensive accessories.

It needs fabulous pieces like this DIY Brass Pineapple. It’s a thrift store upcycle project made from an $.88 piece of plastic fruit and an awesome metallic spray paint.

DIY Brass Pineapple {A Thrift Store Upcycle} Turn a cheap plastic pineapple into an awesome accessory! https://www.3littlegreenwoods.com

At least one morning a week I stop by the thrift store just to see what inspiration I might find. Last summer I discovered these two pineapple beauties.

DIY Brass Pineapple! Turn a thrift store find into a symbol of southern hospitality! https://www.3littlegreenwoods.com

Maybe “beauties” is too nice of a word for a broken soap dispenser and a cheap plastic pineapple from the 1970’s. But spray paint is a bigger miracle worker than my hair dresser so into the buggy they went.

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I was going through an “all white” phase when I brought them home so the cheapy plastic pineapple got a quick, very uneven coat of white paint. Then I lost interest and banned it to my disaster area of craft room for months. This post contains some affiliate links. Click here for my full disclosure policy.

DIY Brass Pineapple! Turn a thrift store find into a symbol of southern hospitality! https://www.3littlegreenwoods.com

Then our home office update started and the hunt for cool accesories was at the top of the list.

Pineapples are a traditional symbol of Southern Hospitality one in the office would be a perfect fit for the Southern Gentleman theme I’m going for.

Krylon Brass Metallic spray paint is my new favorite! Watch how it takes that tacky plastic pineapple to a whole new level of home decor.

DIY Brass Pineapple! Turn a thrift store find into a symbol of southern hospitality! https://www.3littlegreenwoods.com

See what I mean? Krylon gave me the deep rich brass color I was hoping for.

DIY Brass Pineapple! Turn a thrift store find into a symbol of southern hospitality! https://www.3littlegreenwoods.com

My thrift store upcycle find looks fabulous on our candlestick lamp table! The brass paint adds weight to the piece turning into a designer copy cat for sure.

DIY Brass Pineapple! Turn a thrift store find into a symbol of southern hospitality! https://www.3littlegreenwoods.com

Thrift store upcycling projects like this one make me so happy. Not only do I get a great piece of home decor to add to my collection but it’s unbelievably inexpensive. It fits right in with the Hobnail Milk Glass Lamps and Leather Footstool I have already created.

If you love this DIY home decor project then you must see the rest of the Home Office makeover! Here’s links to all the DIY home decor for our Southern Gentleman’s Home Office:

How To Make No-Sew Curtains
DIY Curtain Rods & Finials
Navy Lamp Upcycle
Easy Vintage Wood Bookcase
DIY Sweater Lamp Shade
DIY Brass Pineapple
Most Confused Room in Our Home
Thrifty Office Artwork
DIY Leather Footstool
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Comments

  1. 1

    Laurie says

    March 5, 2015 at 6:49 pm

    Amazing! I think it looks spectacular!

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    Beverly Roderick says

    March 7, 2015 at 10:46 am

    I love this! I’ve got several pieces of pineapple decor throughout my house, but I haven’t thought to thrift store shop for them and transform them! Great inspiration and it looks lovely in your home office.

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      March 12, 2015 at 7:08 am

      I love how my cheapy plastic pineapple looks now! Brass spray paint is the BOMB!

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        Angela, blue i style says

        March 19, 2015 at 8:19 am

        Definitely THE BOMB! Thanks for linking up at The Creative Circle!

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  3. 5

    Jamala says

    March 13, 2015 at 1:45 pm

    You lucked up seriously!! I love that.. Good score

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      April 5, 2015 at 8:26 pm

      I know! I love thrift store shopping. You never know what you are going to find!

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    Allie says

    March 16, 2015 at 7:48 pm

    This is unbelievably adorable! I would’ve spent real money on that in a home store. Now I need to go scavenger through Goodwill!

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      April 5, 2015 at 8:11 pm

      HA! Thanks so much, Allie!

      Reply
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    Becky @dempsterlogbook says

    March 21, 2015 at 5:08 pm

    That turned out super cute! Love the gold! Thanks for sharing at Motivational Monday.

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      March 23, 2015 at 2:11 pm

      My “brass” pineapple looks so good in our home office!

      Reply
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    Kristina @ myownhomeblog.com says

    March 26, 2015 at 7:20 pm

    So cool! This is such a bold little accessory, and I totally agree with you about spray paint being a miracle worker!
    Thanks for sharing at Talented Tuesday! Hope to see you again this week 🙂

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      April 5, 2015 at 5:42 pm

      Thanks so much for the great party, Kristina! So happy you like my little brass pineapple!

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    marilyn says

    April 19, 2015 at 2:02 am

    Hi, thanks for the great tips. One project that I show off every Easter is the paper mache eggs that my granddaughter and I did many years ago. We used small plastic eggs and glued them shut. I made the paper mache with small strips of newspaper, thin flour and water paste.. Dip paper into paste, wipe off excess and wrap wet paperacross egg. When covered in one layer. Set it to dry till tomorrow. Do about a dozen eggs. Repeat layers again with every egg. Allow to dry one day. Repeat layers for third time, and drying for 1 day again.
    Paint eggs with bright, colorful, acrylic paint. Do not try to be too precise in painting–just random splotches of irregular shapes of color. Let dry. Spray with clear acrylic. Add glitter to some. Eggs are colorful and keep forever. I put them out in a beautiful basket every year for a centerpiece.

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      April 28, 2015 at 10:03 am

      Thanks so much for the fun DIY idea!

      Reply
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    Julie says

    February 19, 2016 at 4:52 am

    Thanks for all the wonderful ideas, I especially can’t wait to make the curtains this weekend!!! These couldn’t have come @ a better tme, my parents r visiting (yeaaaaaa :):):) )!! Also looking forward to doing some spray painting! Thanks again, u have such great ideas!

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      3littlegreenwoods says

      February 21, 2016 at 3:03 pm

      Awesome! Send me a picture of what you get accomplished!

      Reply
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    Florence says

    April 8, 2017 at 8:35 am

    Very cute upcycle! Might try that paint…I’ve been looking for one that actually mimics brass. And that pineapple actually looks real in the photos. What an improvement now with the gold! Know you are enjoying it tremendously!

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      Ashley Greenwood says

      April 10, 2017 at 2:01 pm

      YAY! So happy you’ve been inspired. That brass spray paint is fabulous. I’ve used it on several projects and have always been pleased.

      Reply

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