As teased, here is one of my projects that I got through the other weekend.
After a leisurely brunch with a friend we decided to walk over to the Goodwill that was near where we were eating. No, I wasn't looking for anything in particular and no, that doesn't matter. After perusing the odds and ends we made it over to the furniture area. That's when I saw it!
An amazing teal blue chair with bronze studs along the piping. It was listed at $35 dollars which was a steal in itself but when I got to the cash register I only paid a whopping total of $29 for the chair, a picnic basket, 2 frames, and 2 books! The prices a Goodwill never get old, it always feel like I just won a contest or something. After some maneuvering of the backseat, and strategic angling, we got the chair in the back of my Beetle and I headed home with my bounty.
The chair was great but had a chocolatey brown wood for the legs and on the arms that just dragged the whole thing down. Spray paint to the rescue. I had on hand an ivory, high-gloss, spray paint and after taping/papering off the fabric and quickly sanding down the legs I went to work. It took two coats and I am so happy with the final look of the chair. Now I just need to find the perfect place for it in the house...
Here are the pics, in order of production - please forgive the angles on some of them, but I remembered to actually take pictures this time:
After a leisurely brunch with a friend we decided to walk over to the Goodwill that was near where we were eating. No, I wasn't looking for anything in particular and no, that doesn't matter. After perusing the odds and ends we made it over to the furniture area. That's when I saw it!
An amazing teal blue chair with bronze studs along the piping. It was listed at $35 dollars which was a steal in itself but when I got to the cash register I only paid a whopping total of $29 for the chair, a picnic basket, 2 frames, and 2 books! The prices a Goodwill never get old, it always feel like I just won a contest or something. After some maneuvering of the backseat, and strategic angling, we got the chair in the back of my Beetle and I headed home with my bounty.
The chair was great but had a chocolatey brown wood for the legs and on the arms that just dragged the whole thing down. Spray paint to the rescue. I had on hand an ivory, high-gloss, spray paint and after taping/papering off the fabric and quickly sanding down the legs I went to work. It took two coats and I am so happy with the final look of the chair. Now I just need to find the perfect place for it in the house...
Here are the pics, in order of production - please forgive the angles on some of them, but I remembered to actually take pictures this time:
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