Color: What to do about Brass?

I know the decorating magazines say that brass is on the come back, but I can't be convinced. To me, it will always look, well, cheap. Instead of replacing a perfectly good fan though, consider chalk paint. It sticks to metal as well as it sticks to anything else, and you can always do black or any other color that goes with your decor. In this case, I chose white after replacing the yellowish globes that came with this fan to make the who thing sort of disappear into the white room it was a part of.