Thursday, October 7, 2010

My First Furniture Refinish...Deployment Project # 24



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I am soooooo excited about my new chair makeover!!!! It's my very FIRST attempt at refinishing a piece of furniture! 

I wanted to start with something cheap and small to see if I could pull it off. I bought this chair at Goodwill for $4!! I figured, it's 4 bucks; if I mess up, I'm only out of $4.

Here it what it looked like when I bought it last week......


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I have a little electric mouse sander, so I sanded it first...nothing heavy, just enough to take some of the finish off.

I also took the million staples out of the seat to get the fabric off the original. Easy as pie!

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After taking the fabric off, I measured out a new piece and restapled the new fabric to the seat with a staple gun. Again, easy peasy!


Next I spray painted the chair using "Ocean Breeze" blue that I purchased at Wal-Mart for $3. I only needed one can.  (I was going for a color I had never used, just to try something different...now I can't wait to use this color on more stuff).

I also spray on some Lacquer to give it a shine!!!

And here is my new sweet, fun, funky chair......

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Again.....the BEFORE...

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And, the AFTER.....

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I can't wait to get my hands on something else to refinish now!!!!!



15 comments:

Lindsay said...

Very cute! I love the blue!

Biljana said...

Great makeover, it looks so beautiful:))
Greetings from Europe, Biljana

Katie P said...

What a fun chair! I LOVE making over chairs -- it's so easy, and the results are always awesome!! I just did one for my craft area and I love it!

Great job!

Unknown said...

That's adorable. For a first rehab I am so impressed. The fabric is awesome!

Allison@FabRehab said...

Be careful...this rehab stuff is addicting! SO incredibly cute!

Amanda M. said...

I love this! I did a cheap GW desk a few weeks ago and I am hooked on the refinishing now, too! :)

Unknown said...

I love your chair makeover the fabric on the seat is just gorgeous!

TheCraftInMe said...

Love it, too cute! And the color is perfect!

Unknown said...

Way cute! Love the color and fabric you choose.

Laurie from Laurie Jones Home said...

I think that was for sure $4.00 well spent!! Your chair turned out great!

Gabby said...

Very cute!!!

Katherine @ Grass Stains said...

I don't have anything turquoise in my whole house, but I would gladly use this as a desk chair in my house or in my foyer as an accent ... it's THAT cute! Great job! You definitely need to take on tasks like this more often. :)

April said...

I absolutely love this fabric! What is the name of the fabric and where did you get it from. This is exactly what I am looking for for my daughter's room!

Rhiannon said...

Looks amazing i love the colors!

Ashley said...

I am working on a chair now too. It is my first furniture redo, like you I wanted to start small. You did a GREAT job! I love the color and the fabric!!! They are so fun.