$5 Thrift Store Chair Makeover

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I love a great thrift store find! Furniture finds at a great price are a bit harder to find these days. I can’t tell you how many things I’ve wanted, but have passed due to the excessive price. This chair was an awesome price….$5! 

I knew it would make a great accent chair!

I love caned back chairs! This chair was very sturdy and only needed updating.  I cleaned it really well with a damp rag. Be sure to let it dry thoroughly before paining.

 I know you are thinking….what in the world!!! 3 cans of different spray paints! I can be a little impatient. I wanted to paint the chair right then. I didn’t want to paint by hand. I wanted the ease of spraying with this project. I used what I had…parts of 3 different cans. I knew since I was going for a vintage look….it would hopefully work out! Guess what….it did! I did spay with the can on the far left first with the added primer. I would not have done this for a chest or larger piece, but for a chair like this…..ok.

 I applied 3 light coats of spray paint…using every last drop of each can!

I let that dry really well then I applied this glaze. I love this glaze. The color is great and it is easy to use. I let it dry thoroughly and distressed in a few areas. This chair is being used in home staging of flip houses so I didn’t take the time to seal. My hubby needed it that very day for the real estate agent to photograph for the listing.  I really didn’t have time. If I were using it in my home for regular use, I’d seal with a simple flat clear sealer like I used in this project for the Annie Sloan Chalk Painted Pots.

 Now it’s time to work on the cushion. Again, my hubby needed this chair ASAP. I didn’t have time to purchase fabric and really didn’t want to . I looked in my stash and decided to go with the burlap. It looked a little plain as is. This was the perfect opportunity to try my hand at painting fabric. You know how I love grain sack stripes!!!

 Find the center of your fabric and tape of a larger center stripe in the desired width. I did 2 inches. Then I painted with a foam brush using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Chateau Grey (my favorite color). I did 3 coats. Remove the tape and it must dry thoroughly before you can tape off the outer 2 stripes.

 The size stripe is completely up to you and the size of your project. You just want to make sure you have everything equal on each side. I taped off over 1 inch on each side of the center stripe with a 1/2 inch stripe to be painted. I painted 3 coats on each of these as well. Remove the tape.

 I pulled out my hair dryer to speed up the drying process. I then applied 1 coat of clear wax just to the painted striped areas. I let that dry and slightly buffed it. It doesn’t transfer to clothing. It is not stiff or uncomfortable. Remember this is just an accent chair, but is perfectly fine to sit in worry free!

 All ready to staple to the cushion.

 Just center on the cushion. I used my heavy-duty staple gun from Lowe’s. A regular stapler will not go through the wood!

 Distressing details

Just some very simple staging for this mantel area was all that was needed.

 This entire mantel makeover was completed on a small budget! 

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