Metal Chair Makeover and “Magic” Chalk Transfer Method
by
Mari
7 Materials
$5
4 Hours
Easy
Trash to treasure. One dollar thrifted chairs and a little TLC. It doesn’t take much to improve something with paint. Maybe you have some metal chairs lying around that could use a makeover? Maybe you can use the “magic” chalk transfer method to makeover a chair or make a sign or stencil something—there are endless opportunities!
Prep and Paint
- Clean the chairs with hot soapy water
- Put a coat of Fushion Mineral Paint Ultra Grip to act as a primer on the metal. You could paint or spray a primer as well.
- Paint (add a second coat as well)
Chalk Transfer Method
- Print out an image of what you want to stencil onto the seat.
- Cut it to size and then color chalk on the back to cover all the ink lines.
- Tape it to the surface.
- Trace over the design with a pencil.
Chalk Transfer Reveal
- After you trace the design, lift up the paper to reveal the outline! This is where the magic happens!
Paint the Design
- Use a small brush to paint the design
- Repeat chalk transfer and painting on the rest of the chair
Switch up the Design (optional)
- I chose to do another design but using the same paint color so they would still match
- For this one, I used painters tape to make a striped design which was a little faster and easier
Enjoy!
- These chairs were child size and used for a playhouse.
- You could do this on any chair—an adult metal folding chair perhaps?
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Frequently asked questions
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I'm curious about the play house...its very cute and I want to do one for my kids any suggestions?