Hello. The summer house is very useful for working under cover when it is showery. Plenty of light coming in through the plastic roof. I am painting the second chair.
This is the before photo, I have had these chairs for nigh on 30 odd years, possibly longer, they are older than that. My friends grandparents died and she had to clear their house out, so they could be about 40 or 50 years old. I painted one of them a few weeks ago.
And here is the second one. Isn't it lovely. The paint is Crown flat matt emulsion in 125ml pots which I got from
Hull Scrapstore. It has had two coats.
Here are some photo's of the two of them together. I can't decide which one I like best. The fabric also came from Hull Scrapstore.
That seat looks like it has a smear of red paint on it, it hasn't. It's in the fabric.
Don't they look fab together, I am well chuffed. I did think I might sell them, too nice to give away, but I like them so much I will keep them. If you have any old chairs like this it is ever so easy to cover the seats. They just lift out. I had to cut away the corners of the brown leather because to leave them intact would make the seat too big to go back in. I took some of the tacks out as well and reused them to fasten down the new fabric covers.
I am quite enjoying this painting old furniture lark. I hate the upcycling label people put on it, I would rather use the term tarting it up. What is the opposite of upcycling anyway? Downcycling? Does that mean trash something? Confused. Next is a small coffee table which my neighbour threw out.
The sewing projects are coming along slowly, I do a bit of stitching every day, it's nice to see them take shape. Nothing to show yet, you'll have to be patient.
Back to it, there are a couple of hours of good light left so I'll say bye for now. We'll catch up soon.
Toodle pip
Tarting up a couple of chairs
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