"A Fresh Start" For a Sad Toy Chest #janfabflippincontest
$25.00
3 Hours
Medium
This month's Fab Furniture Flippin' Contest was sponsored by the new General Finishes Chalky Finish Paint Line. Our theme for the month was "A Fresh Start" and I had JUST the piece to fit this theme.
I bought this piece for $10 off a local buy/sell/trade page on Facebook. It had some sturdy bones but had definitely seen better days. It had scratches all over it, and was just plain dirty. After cleaning it up, I lightly sanded it, took the top off, then loaded up my favorite paint sprayer with some of General Finishes' Chalk Style Paint in Moroccan Yellow, some of their Enduro Extender, and got to work. As the base dried, I upholstered the top by adding foam, some batting and some fabric. It got stapled together, then put back together, and I had a lovely upholstered ottoman.
It was lovely, and I loved it, but I felt it was missing something to tie the whole space in together more nicely. I went ahead and taped off a line for a stripe. I used some Chalk Style Paint in Empire Grey and went ahead and added it.
I sealed the whole thing with some of my favorite clear wax and added some finishing touches with my favorite metallic waxes. I think it's PERFECT now and it really does a great job of hiding all of my throws when I want to clean up the space. For a full tutorial and all of the entries for this month's Fab Flippin' Contest, make sure to hop over to the link below!
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That's a great idea to add cushions to the top, now it even doubles as extra seating. great job!
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