Lots of chairs

Here's a few different dining chair makeovers. I really don't like working on chairs because they are usually a lot of work for not a whole lot of profit.

Sewing chair?

I found this cute little chair at a church garage sale. They had 4.00 on it which I was willing to pay. I realized I was out of cash but they accepted checks. So i was getting out my checkbook but he said, you don't need to write a $4 check. Just take the chair. I insisted on the check since it was for the church and all but he refused. I emptied out my change which was about .58. Thank you church! It did take me forever to fix the chair so my guilt quickly diminished. I originally thought this might have been a sewing chair but then I saw one on American pickers or one of those junk shows and they said these chairs were made just for extra storage back in the day because they needed all the room and storage they could get. I think they priced it around $125 with ugly old fabric. I sold this one for $50 I think :)

Pop rocker

I gasped when I saw this rocker on the curb! All those beautiful curvy lines painted bright turquoise, i couldn't wait. It was quite a pain sanding this thing down and ripping out the old caning. Then for some ridiculous reason, I thought one can of spray paint would cover it. I was wrong. So back to lowes I went and......they were out! So I went the next one and..... They were out too. They looked in inventory and the whole okc metro was sold out! Guess I'm not the only one obsessed with turquoise. So I had to wait until I got back from my trip to Houston before I could finish it. For the seat, I cut out some plywood, added foam, and covered it with some leftover black and white striped fabric I had in my stash. Enjoy!

A lovely hutch

Unfortunately I did not find this on the curb. I did actually pay for it at a garage sale. It was in great shape so I just had to do a lot of sanding, painting, more sanding, glazing, and waxing. My dear friend from Lubbock saw it on Facebook and decided she needed it and hauled it back to Texas!

File cabinet redo

My mom cleaned out her garage and brought me a pile of furniture! This boring file cabinet was one, but It is very sturdy and rolls around very easily. I decided to paint a design on the whole thing since it has 5 perfectly flat sides. I've painted this design before so I already had a template made up. I painted the whole thing gray then traced my template with chalk until it was all covered. I added some white to the gray and painted over the chalk. Then I painted the inside with white and aqua. Once I figured out the template for this design it is pretty easy. I love painting this design because I don't have to stay in the lines. It's more of the way I've always painted.

rad zigzag bookcase

I found this in a pile of 4 other pieces of furniture I picked up. It was quite a score. I scrubbed and sanded then decided to chop off the bottom legs due to some rotted wood. I sanded some more and got painting. I cut a piece of Masonite to fit the back. Then I made a chevron stencil from cardboard. I traced the stencil over and over then painted it gray and white. It was really hard to let go of this one. But it sold before I could change my mind and bring it back home.