Saturday, March 10, 2012

Before & After Thinking Chair

My first of many projects:  repainting an old Sunday School-type chair. 
 I bought a $10 chair from a yard sale.  (In my excitement to get started, I forgot to take a picture of the original brown chair.)
Spray painted  chair with primer (much easier than painting w/ a brush!!)  Then, we spray painted a turquoise gloss paint over top.  

Next, we painted the details.  Painting with painters tape made the stripes easier to paint.  For the letters, I printed the saying off the computer.  Then, I taped it in place & traced over the letters with a ball point pen.  When I was finished, I peeled  it off to see an outline of the letters in the paint.  Because my hand isn't the steadiest, I  used a paint pen to trace the letters.


Ta-DA!  Finished "Thinking Chair" (aka Time Out Chair)


All I need to do yet is spray paint a sealer & donate to my kids' silent auction.