These two sad chairs have been sitting in my garage all winter~
After a nice sanding, a spray of Kilz, and another light sanding, they were ready to go!
I sprayed on a coat of peacock blue ("Caribe") from Home Depot.
Next, they got a heavy distressing with 60 grit sandpaper (80 grit works great, too).
After that I went over them with a finer grit sand paper to smooth it out.
I glazed with RL black glaze mostly by just brushing on and wiping some off with a damp cloth~
The glaze relaxed the blue just the right amount!
After two coats of poly, the painting part of this project was in the bag!
This fun fabric at Hobby Lobby was the perfect match for recovering the "new" chairs.
I used a 40% off coupon I found online from HL to buy a staple gun that I was going to need for my first recovering project. :)
Here's a before of the chairs again~
Here they are, all glammed up!
While my husband does not fully appreciate the awesomeness of the "crazy" zebra stripes, I guaranteed him sum teenage gal S gunA lov em! :)
*As a side note, Mike and Melanie over at The Frosted Gardner are giving away a $50 Home Depot gift card as a thank you to their 1,000 followers. They do amazing furniture transformations~ head on over and check them out! :)
55 comments:
Love the new color! And the fabric is so fun! Great job on your first re-covering project! Thanks for sharing.
Great colours they came up a treat. You did a wonderful job on the recovering too. ;-)
wow what a makeover they look fantastic I love the shade of blue with the animal print, really funky
great job on the chairs, love the distressing
WOW! Love the chairs and the paint really made the lines and designs "pop"...you did good and yes some teen or even a more mod decorator will love them. Thanx for the tutorial. Tiff
SO SO great!! Super fun and unique. Great job :)
Fun! I love the shape of those chair backs. The glaze really adds dimension.
I love the blue!
They look great! The other day I was digging through a box in the attic and found zebra print fabric! Too cool to see your post with similar fabric only days later! :) GREAT JOB!
Ummm how cute the chairs are absolutely beautiful
So cute! Those chairs have the cutest designs, glad you rescued them!
Great job Kim! I love the blue, but you already know that. And that zebra fabric is such fun! I have some chairs in the garage waiting for a makeover. You've inspired me to get busy on them!
i opened the link and heard angels sing!!! I LOVE them, kim! the color, pattern perfection!
I love the shape of the chairs! Even though I'm more of a pastel girl, I love the blue you used, and best of it it could match so many decors. I'll admit I'm not so crazy about the zebra print, but that's just personal taste. Somebody else *will* love the fabric and have to have the chairs before someone else takes them!
love those chairs! what a great find and I LOVE the blue!!
Love these! The color, the shape of the chairs, the zebra pattern, the little table they're sitting beside! Love, love, love! Fantastic job!
What a fun look! Very unique chairs. I love how you distressed them!
Have a great night! :) Michelle
Super fun and funky!
I am long past being a teenager, and I love them. Color makes me happy.
I just love these funky wild chairs. You did an amazing job, they are just gorgeous. Unique and chic!
I am in LOVE with these chairs. The finish on them is awesome and the zebra fabric...perfect. Nice job staging them...they look like something out of a magazine.
Your chairs really took on some animal magnetism. Great job!
Just happily became a friend and follower. Hope you will stop by and also check out my Giveaway!
I love your chairs! They are beautiful! Very striking in the blue and the zebra. These would look wonderful in my home! You did a fantastic job.
Very nice! Peacock is one of my current faves!
I sure am glad those made it out of your garage Kim, because they are AWESOME! The paint color and fabric you chose are to die for!
Take care,
Lisa
Great color. Very unexpected, but it works!
Kim...those are so COOL!!! Yes, I used the word cool.....that color really hightlights the detail on the chair backs....Great choice!
Wow! I love this!
I saw your link on Kim's blog...I am your newest follower!
Andie
Those chairs are kick! It must be fun to create furniture that doesn't have to "go" with your other decor. I really like the blue.
Traci
I picked this link out of em all. lOve the colors and the fun bird!
chickhardware.blogspot.com
Those are a couple of chairs with attitude! I just love their shape and your use of bold color and fabric... you did a great job!
Lori
P.S. What do husbands know as far as fabrics go? Most, not much. :)
hiya , wow i just love these chairs x tfs
xmaggiex
I likee Kim! Always like your color choices -Nice job on the distressing :)))
I can't believe that you and Ms Frugal Face have redone the same chairs. I loved the chairs when I saw them on your blog and I couldn't believe it when I saw the same chairs show up tonight on the Shabby Chic Cottage linky party.
I loved them in black too.
Traci
I love those. What a great color and love how you sanded them just right. Perfect fabric with that color. Thanks for joining WUW.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!! The most fabulous redo that I have seen in a long time!!
Love the blue! Thanks for sharing!
I could tell be the little picture that I was going to love this! You did a great job on those chairs!
I'm a middle aged teenager and I love those chairs! I was dreaming (literally) the other night about a zebra print ottoman!
You are a brave woman! I totally envy you. I have my basic fall-backs that I tend to use over and over. Color? Until someone buys me a box of crayons, I only see red, black and white. I admire your style!
-Bethanie
they turned out awesome! I am a new follower to your blog...can't wait to read more. I do gardening and interior makeover stuff...furniture etc on my blog
the blue is so striking and perfect with the animal print.
megan
craftycpa.blogspot.com
In my generation, I would have said, "Far out!!" I love the creativity in all that you are doing. You continue to experiment with wonderful designs, textures, colors, and fabrics. Well done!!! :)
FYI, Your newest blog posts are not taking us to your new post, but to an error page that says blog cannot be found...thought you should know. Tiff
These. Are. Stunning! I love the design on the backs of the chairs! Over from SNS @ Funky Junk.
So, I see you everywhere I link up, and then I see your list of link-ups here, and I guess I see why. :) I thought I might as well stop in and see what you have here. FUN STUFF!! Looks like you keep super busy here. I know how you feel. I home-school, blog, and try to do some fixing up stuff as well. Yeah, and that's why I'm linking up at 1 am, and then planning on going out on the porch and polyerthaning when I am done here. :) Gotta get it done when we can, right. (Oh, and my husband wouldn't be too thrilled about the zebra chair either, but I LOVE THEM! :) ) Have a nice night, and I hope you get lots of great results from linking up at SNS: nice to be one of the firsts, isn't it? I think that was my first time to be first EVER!!!! :)
Love the color! So cute!!!
-emily
nestnestingnested.blogspot
They look fabulous! I love the color and the fabric. I have never heard of Hobby Holly so I looked it up and I am always happy to find a new fabric store. We are super limited were I live. Great job.
www.mylifeunzipped.blogspot.com
Very cute, love the color and print! I've got some blue paint almost that same color leftover from my son's room that I never though to use on furniture and a chair I was going to redo anyway, so I'll have to try it out. Thanks for the inspiration!
What a fab job you did-mighty funky with the zebra-the chairs have an awesome back -adorable!!
Hi Kim, I thought you dropped out of blog world for a minute and it made me sad. I looked on the side bar for Second Time and it was gonzo.....went to gmail to find an old email between you and I and found your new blog name and new design...love it! Glad you didn't leave us!!!
great job kim! I like the blue with that fabric.
gail
Congrats on the blog name change, Kim! I also changed my blog/business name after a few months, and have never looked back :)
Cute chairs, too, by the way :)
xx Karen
You changed your name??? Details please!!!
Love the name change.. and LURVE the chairs!!
-Jackie
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