This project was by far my favorite.
Why, you may ask? Because I love the way it turned out! So much so that
if I had a bigger apartment I would have kept it for myself but on the flip
side it's a good thing since I have the typical small Hoboken apartment. I
could find any excuse to keep everything! On a side note, to help put things
into perspective for those of you who do not live in the New York/ New Jersey
area, my apartment is the size of my parents master bedroom suite in Houston
Texas! One evening, during one of my visits home, I was lying on their king
size bed chatting with them as they were getting ready to go out. As I was
lying there I looked around and thought to myself, my entire apartment fits in
this bedroom including my bathroom and closet! How depressing! But I
digress...enough about my small space, it is a treasure.
For
those of you who are familiar with small space living you understand the need
or limitation to having a single seat chair. I found this particular chair
at a thrift store in Jersey City where it was substituting as a stand for a fan
to keep the store cool. When inquired about the chair to the clerk she replied
"Okay, but it doesn't have a seat!" so in turn of course I said
"I know, trust me, that is not a problem!"
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| chair before |
I decided to try a new brand of paint that I fell in love with recently from Clarks & Kensington. Ace Hardware recently introduced this paint line in February and it is an amazing combination of paint and primer in one. In addition to distressing the chair, I added a dark brown glaze covering the entire chair.
And of course I added a seat! I picked out this
beautiful and fun bird fabric from Premier Prints.
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| chair after |
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| close up on distressing detail at bottom of chair |
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| close up on distressing |
Like I said before this is by far one of my favorite projects and was a very popular item at the fair. It sold the minute the fair opened!
Up next are two chairs I found by a dumpster. Check back to see how I transform these chairs into a bench!
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