A Beautiful Reunion: Broken Chairs and The Mis-Matched Table
by
Amy
(IC: blogger)
8 Materials
$250
30 Hours
Medium
This was quite the sad sack of a kitchen chair situation. Sit back (pun intended) and let me show you why it is even worse than it appears here. The consigment store chairs are covered with standard pillow cases. Why? A picture speaks a thousand words. The table was purchased second-hand last year and did not match.
Inspired by Monet's home in Giverny and his gallant and unabashed use of color, I went for it.
Here's how I started my kitchen furniture makeover. There were many firsts for me here but no time like now to take it on! This makeover was for the March Fab Furniture Flippin' Contest by Fairfield World who so generously provided the foam for this makeover!
1. Remove seat and carefully remove the bamboo edges around the chair back, front and back sides.
3. Cut foam to size for both front and back. I left the broken back in place. I would have had to take the chair apart to get it out, so I left it alone.The
6. Repeat process with decorative fabric. I used a template because of the pattern and I wanted the image to be specific for the front and the back.
Before and after...
The chairs "after" showing the fabric variation and the gorgeous color of the paint. The foam used on the front and back of the chairs feels so comfortable. It's really hard to believe this is the same chair.
Detail of table legs after they were painted to match the chairs. Details were painted out using a color that I created mixing an acrylic paint in cadmium yellow and the blue milk paint.
The finished products. I couldn't be happier with the results! I hope you like them, too!
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Suggested materials:
- Project Foam (www.fairfieldworld.com)
- White underlying fabric (My own)
- Decorative Fabric (Fabric Guru)
- Milk Paint in Lakeview Blue/Low Sheen Burnishing Paste (The Real Milk Paint Company)
- Pneumatic Stapler/Staples (Harbor Freight Tools)
- Brad Nailer/Nails (Home Depot)
- Electric Pneumatic Air Pump (Harbor Freight Tools)
- Paint Brushes/Mason Jars (for mixing paint) (My own)
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
Published April 7th, 2016 1:55 PM
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Woo12810051 on Mar 06, 2017what a beautiful work of art!!! I love your creative mind. thanks for sharing
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