The chair I found at Goodwill for $9. The fabric is in good shape (no rips or tears) and the wood sturdy. A perfect candidate to paint the fabric and the wood!
Hometalk Event in Tennessee
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On Saturday, December 10, I hosted a Hometalk Chalk Painting Event at my home in the mountains of NE Tennessee. We had 6 people signed up to attend, but due to inclement weather (very cold and a snow storm in the mountains), most had to cancel attending. It was an outdoor event, the plan was to chalk paint a chair and a nightstand that I had purchased at Goodwill.
Found this night stand at another Goodwill for $4. It is actually in pretty good shape and I loved the ornate draw pulls that had some great patina from aging.
It was so hard to paint in the frigid cold weather! But, it made us work faster!
We painted the chair legs and arms first with white chalk paint.
Then, used water to spray down the fabric - getting it nice and wet before painting it with watered down chalk paint.
We used a grey chalk paint - 50/50 water and chalk paint.Aft
After one coat - it is looking good and as expected. It need to dry thoroughly before applying a second coat - so the chair is done for the day with the workshop!
The next day - I was able to add one more coat of paint. Looking better, but still needs one or maybe two more coats of chalk paint.
We have had some wet and very cold weather, so I have only been able to get one more coat of chalk paint on the fabric and have not touched up the wood yet - but it is almost finished!
One of the things I love about using chalk paint is very little prepping before painting. We lightly sanded the top and wiped it all down and then painted this night stand.
Will be working to make sure the ornate drawers are highlighted properly.
Darlene and I loved the patina on the drawer pulls, so she cleaned them with a wire brush and that is all we plan to do to them. Still going to finish both projects as soon as we get dry, warmer day. I will post final photos of both projects when I get them done. Even though we had a small group - we had a great time and hope to do it again - when the weather is warmer! Lol
You're such a rock star -- and a pioneer, doing one of the first Hometalk meetups ever -- one day, I'll learn how to control the weather on your behalf
These pictures are awesome, and I know that the HT team still considers this a success. We will be HAPPY to do it again when the weather is warmer. Thank you again, Cindy!
Lucky Darlene - she got your full attention! :) The chair looks awesome!
Wow! What a transformation on that chair!
Looks great, DIY warrior working through that cold.
Out of curiosity, do you need to treat the fabric with something to prevent the chalk paint from rubbing off when someone sits on the chair?
Looks like it was awesome! That chair looks amazing!!!
Do you have a finished photo of the chair? How did you apply the wax to the fabric? Looks amazing. I am going to attempt to chalk paint two wing back chairs that go at each end of my dining room table. So great to see you accomplished this!!
Thank you for the information. So you don't use the annie Sloan paste wax? i found that hard to work with. I'm probably of applying it right!
I agree!