I'm a shameless trash picker. It started in 1975 when I took a drop leaf table (painted bright green) from in front of the dumpster at the Maplewood Apartments. That table was a thing of beauty after about eighty hours of stipping, sanding, and refinishing. These days, I have all the furniture I need, but I can't resist tossing roadside finds into the back of the car.
The latest bonanza was eight assorted chairs and a coffee table. Alas, the coffee table was scooped up by a fellow forager just as I was returning for my second load of chairs. All of the chairs are strong, not wobbly, so they will function nicely after a facelift. Here's the transformation of the first piece, a Captain's Chair:
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| The finish was falling off the chairs, so a good sanding was all that was required. |
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| All sanded and ready for primer. |
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| Primed, then painted with a coat of white paint. |
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| Glammed up with a zebra stripped seat and a top coat of water-based polyurethane. |
The zebra stencil was a free download.
http://pinterest.com/pin/287104544967021634/ I printed it on card stock and cut it out with manicuring scissors. It was a little tricky tracing the design on the chair seat with the flipping and lining up of the design.
You'll find this chair sitting out in front of my house - at my next yard sale.
Was this one of our finds? Happy memories.
ReplyDeleteYes. You are my enabler.
DeleteIt looks great, you did a good job. That was a lot of work to sell at a yard sale.
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