Say 'hi' to the sisters, the 'twins' I called them. These girls were is need of a magical makeover. Their seats were flat, the fabric was -ummmm GROSS, dirty, smelly, yucky! I wanted to make them pretty again, they did have pretty lines. I flipped them over - AHHHHHHHHHH...what the....... reupholstered with duct tape and masking tape? Let the process begin.... 3.... count 'em 3 layers of fabric. Duct tape, them masking tape and nails and then the original fabric done with staples. The last fabric layer mostly crumbled in my hands as a pulled at it, it was old and disgusting. Then I washed my hands.... eww ewww eww ewww ewwwww I had all these fabulous fabrics to choose from. I could easily become as addicted to fabric as I am to paper - yup, I'm a Scrapbooker. I decided on this beautiful fabric and this fantastic colour. van Gogh Chalk paint, my FAV! I picked the colour Cashmere, nice and creamy, perfect with the fabric. I scrubbed down the chair....ewww, ewww,ewww...can't say that enough! Opened the paint and thought.... "hmmm, I playing it too safe, I want fun, I want fresh, I want unique" So I scientifically mixed (plop here, plop there) a few of my Chalk Paint colours until I came up with a fresh custom colour that matched the fabric I painted her, I distressed her and them I gave her a nice Beeswax rub down. The Beeswax helps protect the finish and mosturizes my cuticles. Double bonus, plus it smells like I should be eating it with peanut butter. I just noticed for the first time ever that Van Gogh is actually van Gogh. Did you catch that? In previous posts and whenever I write Van Gogh I've always used an upper case 'V' in Van Gogh but looking at the label it actually a lower case 'v' in van Gogh. I've My apologizies to van Gogh, I now know After the rub down, I attached the newly recovered seat. New foam, new fabric, so pretty. Are you ready? So fresh and wonderful! Hey, what about the other sister, thought they were tiwns? Keep scrolling - there's more! Drab & Dirty to Fab & ..ummm not frilly, not fancy, ummm fantastic! Click the pictures below for more Chalk Paint projects.
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