Two Chairs Meet One Old Bench

I have been an owner of this bench for many many years. It's an old Amish Bench I found in the trash at neighbors house when I lived in Pennsylvania. It was currently in the garage and served no purpose. I painted it white few months ago and moved it outside on the veranda. It just stood there...kinda lonely. When Cindy gave me the 2 chairs last week it made perfect sense that I'd introduce the chairs to the bench...so I did!

Annie Sloan Paris Grey, 2 coats and lightly sanded. I decided to be adventurous and ironed on a picture from the Graphics Fairy www.graphicsfairy.blogspot.com

Yep...with my iron! I was careful with it and placed a towel over the image but the paint still bubbled a a bit but it came out nice and rustic.

Before

And...After!

Look how pretty! It's not super comfy so I will probably just use it as a table 

I had these pillows from Pier One that fit perfectly on the chairs

Bella approves!

Target has these lil buckets for sale for a $1

#22 my lucky number!

The bistro table and a chair got a cover of Paris Grey also.

 I think we are in good shape for a Garden Party! 

Thanks for visiting 

Bryn

This post is being linked up for Brag Monday at The one and only:

www.graphicsfairy.blogspot.com

Victory

My Girlfriend Cindy brought me 2 more chairs! Woohoo!

I am letting the pictures speak for themselves!

Chalk Paint and Chair Makeover

My girlfriend Cindy called me yesterday morning and said that she was in the driveway and had something for me. I ran out thinking that she was bringing me a homemade Banana bread or warm cookies...(joke)

 She opened the trunk of her car and whipped out 2 chairs she found in the trash.

They were dirty and beaten up but pretty sturdy. I could see why someone didn't want them anymore.

She asked if I could use them or do something to them...We made a deal, we would both get one each but it was my job to refinish them babies...

I used Anne Sloan Chalk Paint and Wax that I had bought previously

I started sanding them down and cleaning, there was a lot of cobwebs stuck in there

I decided to paint the first one in Paris Grey, I think I might have found my favorite paint so far...it goes on thick and dries quickly...so nice...

I roughed it up and sanded after 2 coats- it was incredibly easy to weather it since the paint is so chalky

 I felt doing something different to the seat so I went online to The Graphics Fairy and she has the best free downloads. Choose from vintage signs or beautiful drawings, so beautiful!
I read a couple of blogs to see how to transfer the image to wood. She has a good tutorial on her website and links. At first I printed the image on a card stock...Fail!

So I started all over again. Sand down, repaint and sand again

Here are both of the chairs before the transfer. I choose Ann Sloan chalk paint in white for the 2nd chair

Same thing...printed out an image from the http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/

on regular printer paper....and reverse picture

I choose this image for the grey chair. Vintage Paris Style.  

I love it!

I choose this one for the white chair.

There were missing tabs that cover the ugly sight of screws on the white chair so I painted these little wood roses grey and glued them over the gap. 

I waxed the chairs and sanded them again to get a smooth finish

Now the fight starts over who gets which chair :-)

Here is the link for the transfer method I used: 

http://www.graphicsfairy-diy.com/2012/01/12-easy-image-transfer-methods-for-diy.html

And here is a blog from a lady in Australia that I found really helpful

http://irestorestuff.blogspot.com/2012/02/french-shabby-chic-serving-tray.html?showComment=1344132313323#c26055070241183809

 All the best!