I showed you this chair before when I exposed all of my current unfinished projects. I bought it a while ago with the entry foyer in mind. I thought it was a decent price at $38, considering the little makeover I was planning to give it wouldn’t cost me anything since I already had the supplies. Unfortunately, the hubs hated it. Boo! (And not the Halloween kind of Boo, more like just plain old sad-faced Boo.) Due to the fact that we have totally different decorating styles, we have this sort of unwritten rule that any house purchase under $50 can be made without each other’s consent, but if the non-purchasing party hates it all bets are off.
I didn’t want to return it though; so we compromised. He agreed the chair could stay so long as it wasn’t the first thing you saw when you walked through the front door. Fair enough. I decided to use it in the guest bedroom. Since I am a last word kind of girl I must say, “I do whole-heartedly believe that if he had at least given the chair makeover, I was planning to perform, a chance he would have ended up liking it in the entry foyer if not loving it.” Moving on 🙂
The makeover was quick and easy. I just spray painted it white. I did this very lightly to let some of the wood show through. I didn’t sand it first because it was not a shiny surface (does that make sense). I was aiming for a little shabby chic-ish effect.
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| The guest bedroom redo is almost finished! |
I took those panels down, and decided to use another pair of panels that I already had. I didn’t want these to go to waste though, and I couldn’t really use them anywhere else in the house. So I just cut them up a little – GASP! I used a little of the material to recover the seat cushion, and I used a little of it to add some length to the new panels that I put up. (Post about the drapery panel lengthening coming soon.) So here it is all finished and prettied up!
