Upcycled

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

upcycled

  Kind of yucky ( my kids choice of words to decribe this chair )


      I took a risk and pulled this chair off the curb. I wish I had a before from when I spray painted the frame. OK OK I'm getting ahead of myself...


Breath...OK from the beginning.
   It all started when I bought a dining room table from Walmart aka Wally world to my family. It was from the Better Homes and Gardens section and the table was is beautiful.

                                     How ever the chairs that went to it...Not so much.

So the game plan began to look for new chairs which I didn't want to spend much money on.                         
                                        To Fort Stewart's trash day curbs I go!
This is where the chair in question comes to play. There it was sitting there looking like it had seen better days [ way better days ]. It was stained, looked like it had been left outside and a dog or something had chewed the legs. (it was ugly)


So the first time I upcycled it. Within 20 minutes of having it in my house it was hosed down and the seat was taken off to be steam cleaned. An hour later sanding was done and a coat of black pray paint was on. The seat was easily recovered with fabric I had around to make a child's blanket. The chair looked like this. 

Better yes but still not what I wanted it looked a little kids roomish
(I know it's not a word but it sounds fitting )

                                       So off to my fav home improvement store! One can of spray paint and a purchase of fabric later it now looks like this.

And it has since been sanded again and made to look antique! 
                                                                   (I will post a picture when I find my camera and please disregard the grocery's in the background)

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