Provincial Chair Makeover...

Before I started painting the fabric, I painted the wood. It took 3 coats of white paint. While the paint was drying, I looked for fabric-painting tutorials on the internet. I found several and sort of merged them together. To paint this chair, I used:

4 - 2 oz bottles of acrylic craft paint (Peppercorn color)

1 - 8 oz bottle of fabric medium

1 - well-loved paintbrush

Water

Since I wasn't sure how much paint/fabric medium it would take to cover this chair, I started out with 4 oz of paint, 4 oz of fabric medium and 2 oz of water...1 to 1 to 1/2 ratio.

I mixed this together in a red solo cup and made sure that it was mixed well. Then I began to paint...

...and paint. I was really surprised at how well the paint mixture covered the fabric. I read that some fabrics need to be wet down with water prior to painting...I didn't have to do that...well actually, I forgot to do that, but who's going to know, right?! I also read that some fabrics need to be sanded lightly with a high grain sandpaper between coats. I did remember that, but I didn't have to sand with this fabric. It stayed smooth.

This is how the chair looked after one coat...it only took 2 coats total. The instructions I found said to let each coat of paint dry for 24 hours. I let mine dry for 3 days in between coats because we had to leave to go out-of-town on business.

I used a small artist's brush to paint the piping because I didn't want to get the gray paint on the white paint. I did notice that every few minutes I needed to re-stir the paint mixture because the paint likes to settle to the bottom of your container.

I was pleasantly surprised that it turned out as well as it did. The dark colored paint covered the light fabric very well.

The main thing I learned from this experience was to never use liquid-y paint near your white furniture...where it might splash onto said white furniture...and sit for 3 days before you find it! :-)  Be sure to check out my blog for more details!