Little Chair Refresh

This is the before of the chair you can see the very dark stain and also there was some damage to the wood. Where the cracks were in the wood around the back of the chair, it was very sharp and needed to be fixed before use.

I initially sanded to smooth the back of the chair and remove the excess wood where the back of the chair had cracked. I was then left with an uneven surface, but that was easy to fix with wood filler.

I used wood filler to fill in the damaged parts of the chair and I was able to mould this to fill what was missing.

After applying a coat of primer I used this Rustoleum paint in cotton. I love this paint because it’s hard wearing, has great coverage, I love the matt finish and this shade is a such a crisp white.

I applied two coats and this particular paint does not need to be sealed with anything.

I then used my sander to naturally distress the finish. I usually use sandpaper for this as you have more control. However in this case I used the sander due to the thicker finish of the paint and time constraints!

You can see the dark detail of the wood underneath peeking through and I love the difference this makes to a piece.

Here is the finished chair! I absolutely love how much lighter and brighter this is now.

This was such a bargain little find and not something you would really find around new. I absolutely could not leave it behind and I’m so glad that I was able to fix the damaged areas and make it usable. And because of this, I didn’t feel bad painting it because this was needed to cover up the damage.

It’s so practical to have around for children sit at the table instead of another full sized chair. I actually wouldn’t have had to spend anything on this project but I had almost run out of paint so bought a new tin which I’ll use on other things also.

I don’t always like painting over wood, but honestly I absolutely love the crisp white finish of this paint and the detail combined with the distressing. Giving new life to an older piece of furniture never gets old!

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~ Rachel ♡