Tuesday, August 7, 2012

My new hobby

Since I've been home from Africa I have been bored waiting for my final graduate semester to start.. so I have started painting and reupholstering dining room chairs. Random, I know. But it has actually kept me pretty busy. I have thus far completed two chairs. Wanted to post pics for you to see the process. This first chair already had a great paint job. I just reupholstered it with new fabric I bought at Walmart. My mom bought this chair at a thrift store for $25.00


















This chair was more labor intensive. You can see the original chair before the paint job (brown with an ugly floral fabric). I sanded it down, used primer for the first coat, painted it white twice, and used 3 polycrylic finishes. Then I purchased some light fabric from Walmart and covered the seat. I think it turned out beautifully. What do you think ?