Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Something More ~ DIY Personalized Chair


This maple wood chair was given to me from my Mom, she purchased 3 of these chairs at a garage sale several weeks ago. My Mom redone 2 of the chairs and they look beautiful now!! The first one she redone was a Sweet Hand Painted Yellow Chair and the other one was a Shabby Chic Chair, after seeing how well her chairs turned out I was extremely anxious to start redoing my own. :)

I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with this chair, I knew for starters I had to sand it down pretty well. By the time I finished sanding it I knew what I was going to do with this awesome maple wood chair.

Something More








Whew!! Sanding down this chair took like 3-4 hours, I had plenty of time to think about what I was going to do with this chair. I kinda had this list in my head:

White
Distressed
Black Detail
Something More... 

Didn't quite know what the "Something More" was, but I knew it'd be blah if I had just made it white with black details. Anywho, Moving on.
 
 

 For the distressed look I was going for I figured I should make a black glaze to go under my white paint, so that when I scuffed up my white paint the black would be revealed. I made the black glaze by mixing up a few different paints together.

1st Coat Of Black Glaze
2nd Coat Of Black Glaze




I've Now Painted White Over The Black Coat

Black Detailing

Something More, Something More.?. Yep, I found it, A pretty little bird to add some life and color to this nice chair.


Stenciled Bird
Lovely Hand Painted Bird

I Really Like How I Put A Feather Texture On The Bird's Chest
Ooo I Love This :)


Ohh how I love this, it's so neat to have the year on this baby and my blog name as well!! (I used a pen to write the % sign)

I assumed this chair would be finished by now, white distressed chair, black detailing, an awesome bird and personal paint on the bottom. I still felt it needed, well... "Something More"








STOP

q-tip, or shall I say quick tip:

If you accidentally smudge your paint you can use fingernail polish remover and a q-tip to fix it, I had a few places on my chair I had to touch up.





Ta Da!!




I was satisfied, I had my "Something More". It was very appropriate, a sweet little bird, and "I'll Fly Away Oh Glory"
I still wanted some color on the back of the chair though.


Yes, I Used A Toothpick.

For Some Reason I Really Like That Random Yellow Sweet Gum Leaf.
I'll Fly Away Oh Glory!


Hand Painted Bird

This chair turned out a lot better than I thought it would, I'm so happy. The bird is beautiful, the white is simple and the saying is well... Something more.


Made With Something More,
Danimo 

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11 comments:

  1. Love the chair Molly and especially love the saying that you put on the on the back of it. Very pretty!
    Love you,
    Your Mama

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  2. Simply cool - I love the song reference too!
    Perfect!
    I would love if you came by my party happening now to link it up!
    Stacey of Embracing Change

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  3. Great job, Molly.
    I also really like your number canvas! very cool.
    Deb@LakeGirlPaints

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  4. Hopping over from your creative mamas blog. You are so very talented and creative. Love your blog. Following you and adding comments to encourage you to display your creativity more. I am a new blogger too .. So do visit me on my blog - http://thehobbyharbor.blogspot.com (Hugs)

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  5. You did a great job! I love the tutorial too!

    Have a great day.
    Pam

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  6. You are amazing girl. I love your chair makeover. THanks for sharing.

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  7. I love the chair! The colors all work so well together.

    Sharon

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  8. Nicely done--that was quite a project! I especially like the words on the back.

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  9. Love the saying--- I have a lot of old fold up chairs. I think I now know what to do! You have stole my heart.

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  10. Great job! Thanks for joining Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop :)

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