Well, the possibilities are endless.
I picked this armchair up this week at a Salvation Army Family Store and as I drove home my crazy little head was turning in what Big Daddy refers to as, ‘Project Mode’. He avoids me at all costs when I’m in Project Mode. Apparently it’s easy to spot. My eyes glaze over, I pin my ears back and fly around the house. It’s a whole big thing, according to him. I spent this ENTIRE weekend in Project Mode. And Big Daddy didn’t have to be subjected to any of it.
I was home alone.
Oh. What. Fun.
I did not stew at all about this one, in terms of color. I knew it had to be white.
This is the same custom color I used on that sideboard we dug out of the barn. I really love this color. It’s really a warm off white. I made it my mixing two Americana Decor chalk paints, Everlasting and Primitive. I played with the ratios for a while and finally settled on 5 parts Everlasting to 1 part Primitive.
It took two coats to cover this very dark wood. After a coat of clear wax I sanded the edges with a medium grit sand paper.
I really prefer to just take off the edges, especially on something as curvy as this chair.
It took me longer to decide on the fabric than the entire project. At first I narrowed it down to four choices out of my fabric stash (hoard). The one I chose I found on a remnant table at Old Time Pottery back in May while we were on vacation.
It’s a Ballards fabric, and it was $5.99 a yard! I grabbed it and ran to the check out.
$7 well spent , in my opinion!
I’ll share the other stuff I got in to this weekend a little later in the week.
Have a good week ahead,
Paige
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Beautiful transformation, Paige!
I love the chair and the white brought out the details! I mix up my own colors and recycle paint too! Great work, it's beautiful!
So pretty, Paige! Love the fabric and that was a steal! 🙂
Beautiful! Love the fabric…compliments the paint color perfectly! …coming from The Scoop! ~Rhonda
Very nicely done,
It really turned out pretty.
I just bought 2 little armed chairs at a thrift shop for $12 each and I want to paint and recover the seats…not good at this sort of thing so …..we'll see.
Your gorgeous chair caught my eye over at the Get Your DIY On party. Love the fabric you used too!
I LOOOOve what you did with this little chair! So Sweet! I would like to invite you to share your work on my linky party. It starts Thursdays at 6:00 pm (MST). It is a Furniture only party and I would be honored to have you join! I hope to see you there!
Smiles!
Terry
http://thecuratorscollection.wordpress.com
A beautiful transformation! I invite you to share at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop. Hugs!
What a difference paint can make! You did a fantastic job on the chair. I love it!
Such a beautiful chair, complimented with a great choice of color and fabric! So glad you stopped by to share at Talented Tuesdays!
WOW, what a transformation! Love the new look! Thanks so much for sharing at Thursday Favorite Things!
Your chair is pure poetry! Such a great job! Thank you for sharing at Friday's Furniture Fix!
Hi Paige!
What a great transformation! Loved the fabric you used to cover the chair and what a perfect little spot you put it in. Thanks for partying with us at Talented Tuesday!
Cheers,
AJ
OOO I do love your chair…just FULL of personality.
Really great makeover!! Such a cute print in the fabric. Thank you for sharing at Home Sweet Home!