I love chairs.
Not one particular style, any one can catch my eye & make my heart go pitter-pat.
I’ve told you this before, even admitted that it might be a bit of an obsession.
*sigh* there are worse things I suppose.
One of the most used chairs in my home was in need of some TLC…
It’s my vintage jury chair that I picked up at the Canton Flea Market a few years ago.
$10 and it was mine.
Just look at it…this has to be a crime
to let something with this much style just stay like this and be abused by me.
It screams “tired”
Poor thing
it’s sturdy, rugged and dependable
It goes where wimpy chairs dare not go and only step ladders should go
under me 🙂
I scoot it here and there, stand up, crawl off, sit, slouch and I’ve even painted with it under me
uncovered!!! that is pretty evident.
guilty.
It has character cracks and nice shine from lots of behinds sitting on it, where as the rest of the chair is scratched, banged up, and so dry the grain is textured, if that makes any sense at all.
this chair is great for the booster seat that strap it, because of it’s wide flat seat and the arms provide a safe boundary, so that means it has held many of my grand babies and will hold many more.
I love this chair….but it’s time to bring some life back into it.
Give a new patina, a new do…I’m gonna love on it a little
Nothing extravagant…
just some subtle changes
first a little foundation
Beginning with one coat of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Graphite
the wood was so dry you could hear the paint soaking in,
I think it was slurping!
I left the cracks in the chair on purpose, I could have filled them in but it really wasn’t necessary
can you see in the arm? the wood grain separating
loads of texture on this chair
the dry chalky paint makes my mouth dry
and it’s too…plain, too together, too bland
like a new pair of blue jeans…stiff and too dark
it needs the definition and character put back in it
I gave it a once over with some sand paper
now it looks broken in…kind of like denim
time for some conditioning
I applied a coat of dark wax
okay…you know how good it feels to put on chap stick when your lips are so dry
or lotion on your hands when their chapped
so soothing…like your skin is drinking in the moisture…
this poor old, dried out chair was loving this wax
and so was I…
at first I was concerned, I thought it was going to be too dark
that the graphite color wouldn’t come through
I was wrong…
it looks lovely.
it doesn’t look tired anymore
it’s rich and handsome
I suppose I’ll have to learn how to go grab my step ladder next time I need to reach something
can’t risk getting this little guy all splattered up again.
oh gosh…
it just makes my kitchen cabinets look all that much worse
oh darn!
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I love your chair’s new finish! Particularly the darker color and your distressing makes it look like the most comfortable seat in the house. I don’t have much experience with paint distressing and it makes me nervous. But I’ve read the ASCP products behave well with sandpaper. Really nice job Cindi!
That chair looks amazing. Totally refreshed!
The chair looks wonderful! Its one of those chairs that looks as though it could tell a story or two!
I would love this for my house. Love the saying on the pillow