Painting an Antique Couch and Chair Set

Thrifty Treasures
by Thrifty Treasures
Most of you by now have seen painted upholstery. This isn't my first project of this type, but it is by far the largest! After 3 coats of fabric paint (made by mixing fabric medium with paint) the set is complete.
Here is the couch before. The fabric was in good shape but it had stains.
Here is a during photo. The cushions had one or two coats of paint and the rest of the couch didn't.
Here is the finished set! Doesn't it look so much better?
The backs of the couch and chair were replaced with some fun fabric.
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  • VictoriaC VictoriaC on Jan 18, 2016
    Love it! Question for you? My daughter is wanting to paint the fabric on the antiques I gave her. One of them is covered in pale pink Velvet. Maybe 3 yards total covering chair. How much textile medium would she need and what ratio to paint would she use? Is there anyway she can make. It come out SOFT and not stiff like a rock? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VICTORIA
  • JP JP on Oct 07, 2019

    Hi, I have an antique chair as well. I didn’t know you could paint fabric. My chair is more like silky material. Would that need a different kind of paint?

  • Cutthroat Charity Cutthroat Charity on Mar 05, 2020

    It looks like the set was a velvet fabric & I like the feel of velvet. What does the fabric feel like now that it's painted? (It looks great!)

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