This past weekend while the twins and were napping, I grabbed my 4 year old and headed to the thrift store (don’t worry the Mr. was home.) He had a lovely time climbing on all of the second hand sofas. And I found this adorable little chair….. for $4.00.
Doesn’t look like much does it? First I removed the old seat cover and sanded the whole thing down.
Next up, a light painting with Benjamin Moore’s Radiant Skies. Followed by some serious distressing. I followed the lines of the piece to highlight its shape. When it comes to distressing my motto is “go big or go home!” Don’t be shy, put your back into it!
After the distressing was to my satisfaction, I rubbed the entire piece with Valspar’s antiquing glaze. And used Rub n’ Buff along all of the edges. I just followed the lines using the tiniest bit of antique gold. To seal this chair I used 2 coats of Johnson’s paste wax.
The seat cover I replaced with a piece of bleached drop cloth a’ la Miss Mustard Seed. It is hard to tell from the pictures but these drop cloths actually have tiny threads of blue running through them, I think it adds just the right amount of texture. What do you think?
Not bad for 4 bucks, huh?
Seriously? Do you ever rest? How do you continually put out gorgeous furniture remakes with 3 boys under the age of 4? Superwoman!
You know you are my hero! I think the finish is beyond swoon worthy. I also have to tell you how much I love your rug! Beautiful! So…tell me what you think about the bleached drop cloth. How much bleach did you use? What are your overall thoughts? I've been playing with the idea of using that fabric on my Layla chair…would love your input.
Cheers~
e
I LOVE it!!! You are amazing!
I need to go to your thrift stores…here in Jackson, Mi, they want too much money for everything… love it. Great job.
Love tha color and the chair is awesome. Great bargain too!
Beautiful!
I love it! Great job!
Wow that is impressive! Makes me want to go directly to my thrift store as soon as my kids get on the bus in the a.m.!
Love the blue you chose….so pretty.
LOVE THIS!!! This is the same color I picked for my hutch I am distressing…I am totally getting into the antique look and items…I hope you post more about your finds
Melanie givebacktoday.blogspot.com
Oh my GOSH I NEED that chair!!
Perfect!….$4, wow, love when that happens!
Great choice on color!
Wow! You are awesome. Where is this thrift shop? How long did it take you to do this chair? Did you ever sell the table?
Hi anonymous, it is the local PTO thrift store. I actually just found 2 more chairs there this morning for 4.00 each!! I think it took about 3 hours total. But their were a lot of stops and starts. No, not yet:( But I will certainly let everyone know if I do!!! I have had a lot of emails about it but no one ready to take the plunge:)
Four bucks and three hours- fantastic return for the time and money! Love that blue.
Sue
I got a chair this week but paid 24 for it. Kinda pricey at Goodwill! I am wanting to paint it blue too. I think I have some work to do! Love yours!
That turned out beautiful. Love the color and the distressing looks great. That was a well spent $4!!
Love the "antique gold" – really puts a beautiful touch to it
Ok! now I just have to get in there and get my dining chairs painted.
I've been needing to do this to oh 5 or 6 chairs around my house. And You! you make it sound so easy.
So, that's what I need to do. Make my chairs pretty like yours!
It came out beautiful!!! Nice job! Love the drop cloth fabric for the seat too!
Oh my goodness, what a show stopper! That chair is absolutely lovely; you are very talented. Hello, fellow Michigander — I just found you through your link on Kristin's Tuesday's Treasures. Always fun to find someone local. (I'm in the Detroit suburbs.) Congrats on your beautiful blog! Looking forward to seeing more, as I've officially become follower 638!
Cheers!
– Michiganhome
fabulous! so glad to find you via miss mustard seed and love how you used the dropcloth. i have some soaking in bleach as i type!
thx too for including the names of the colors–love this radiant skies blue.
come visit anytime!
michele
That is one gorgeous chair! Your paint treatment is so pretty. Good work!
impressive! happy Friday
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Amazing what us moms can accomplish during nap time! Truly a gorgeous makeover, I'm on the hunt for another chair.
Just gorgeous. Love the color and the lady has great legs.
That chair looks so cute now! Perfect colour and shape.
Hats of to you, three small children and still you have time to spare, well done!
Kisses,
Angela.
Just found your blog and I have to say I love this chair. I have to get some of the gold rub and buff~where did you get it?
That is gorgeous–I love it! What a great color pick . . . and a great find!
Rachel @ Maybe Matilda
Wow, takes my breath away. Just heavenly really. So beautiful. I would love for you to link this to my VIP party today =) http://designergarden.blogspot.com/2011/03/vip-party-9.html
Gorgeous result! I'm off thrifting tomorrow and hope to find me s chair just like this!
Very nice!! I love that color, and the distressing. Great job!
Hope you have a great day,
Beth.
This chair is GORGEOUS! You are so talented and crafty
Hugs from your fan in Paris xx
Camille @ Paris in Pink
FOUR Bucks? oh my! that's a dollar under my limit! I'd have picked it up for sure!
great job sarah!
"catching" you this week (thurs night)
gail
Oh, I LoVE this! Everything about it…I love it. I'm your newest follower! Come on over and see what I do at fineandhandy.blogspot.com
Love this chair, but I am in love with chairs.
Wow, this is such an amazing project! Thanks for linking up to Sister Sister, we will be featuring it this week so make sure to stop by to take a look!
LoVe LoVe the color and the distressing!
Oh, and thanks for sharing the paint color!
Seriously beautiful!
Gretchen