Here's the before:
My brother Jace removed the skirt, and baby Logan sitting on it to give you an idea of how HIDEOUSLY orange it was!
The first step was to clean it. I googled that on line and made some soap and SCRUBBED!! That chair was DIRTY! Next I bought a gallon of latex satin paint. The sales lady saw me coming a mile away and I bought the expensive kind with out knowing it. Now I know better though! The first coat took the ENTIRE gallon of paint!! Not even kidding! After it dried I got to sand it. This was my first time using a power sander, and I gotta say- I liked it! That totally took me by surprise. Now I see why Ryan always wants power tools!
I painted 4 coats and sanded after coats 1,2, and 4. After that I painted the wooden parts a chocolate brown. Here's the after!
I love my chair!
Every once in a while I can smell the paint, but that's rare. Someone asked me if it was going to chip off, and I really don't think so. It's like that for good. I'm really glad I did it. It was fun to see what I can do and make something so pretty!
I got my idea from this website:
http://twiceremembered.blogspot.com/2009/03/cottage-chair-makeover-story-yes-you.html
she goes into better details on the directions if you want to make one too. You should, cause it's really cool!
10 comments:
Who knew you could paint on fabric!
What an amazing transformation. Great job and lots of hard work on your part.
I love electric sanders also. I used mine last month to refinish my front door. Piece of cake! Thanks for the post.
So cool! I'm totally going to do this! I have a chair that looks almost like that lady's in the link you gave. AWESOME! the chair turned out great!
oh my goodness! That looks SO awesome!
ps...I always check your blog but rarely comment since we've never actually met, but I just HAD to say something about that BEAUTIFUL chair. You did an amazing job!
ps, I am Ryan's cousin
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way it turned out!!! You did so good with it! I showed my friend it yesterday and you should have seen here face when I showed her the after photo! ha ha! To bad I didn't take a pic of that. I think she was like yeah right... paint a chair? Sooo.... you and power tools huh!?! Never would have guessed that!! ha ha. I must say you do look way cute holding that sander!! :> Love you@
Oooolala! Christi! That chair looks awesome!! It look really good in that corner too with the windows behind it! BEAUTIFUL! You are amazing!
wow! I am very impressed!! It looks awesome!
I love the way it turned out!! Good for you! I would have never thought you could paint over fabric. I am way inspired.
I love it! I'm so proud of you. You can come and do my house after you get yours done. :-)
Mom D
Cool! We have a really ugly orange chair too, and an even uglier orange and avocado floral print loveseat. I may have to give this a try.
You do realize that you're going to be drafted to do furniture makeover demos for RS now that I've found your blog, right?
--Elizabeth J
Post a Comment