Turn Cheap Bathroom Fixtures Into Painted Cheap Bathroom Fixtures

I just bought a house. The previous owners left me very little to improve upon. This is a lovely little house! It's an 88 year-old Spanish style cottage. Many things are very old-fashioned. So it surprised me to find old fashioned door locks of weathered brass and an awesome farmer's sink with the well-style tap on it in brushed nickel, with brushed nickel fixtures everywhere else. This room really lends itself to the warmth of oil-rubbed bronze (ORB)! So I plan to transition the room over to ORB.

The brushed nickel toilet paper roll holder was one of those one-post holders that inevitably will be dragged down by gravity on the unsupported side. It fell off the wall 2 weeks in. So I looked into getting an ORB two-post replacement. $17.59 was the cheapest I could find anywhere without the complication of special ordering and waiting. 

So I went to Home Depot and picked up their cheapest two-post holder in polished chrome (Best Value brand) for $4.99. Then, I headed over to the spray paint aisle and found Rust-Oleum Universal All-Surface Flat Metallic spray paint and primer in one in Chestnut. They did have an ORB one as well, but it was darker than the shower curtain rod I had already purchased. 

I came home, laid out all the pieces and sprayed them, waited for them to dry, then installed them. One screwdriver and four screws. Done. And now I have the paint to spray over the shelf above the toilet and the light fixture.