Showing posts with label chairs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chairs. Show all posts

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Cosco Metal Folding Chairs Facelift

I bought four of these metal mid-century folding chairs at an auction i attended for $4 each. They were in excellent condition, albeit ugly.


I had some robins egg blue latex semi gloss paint on hand so I brushed on several coats of it on the seat, letting each coat dry for about an hour. I decided on a nautical theme so I found an image that I liked from Google and printed it out onto a manila envelope I cut down to paper size. I exacto-ed the image out, therefore making a stencil. I layed the stencil onto the seat, surrounding it with some cardboard, and sprayed some Krylon Paint + Primer in Pumpkin Orange over the stencil. I took a stick and held the stencil down in spots while I sprayed. Then I spread a thick layer of Mod Podge over the seat and let it dry to seal everything.

And that's it! Here's what they look like now!






Tuesday, October 1, 2013

JUNKING!

I have been thrift store shopping a lot lately, and I just wanted to share some of my finds!

A 1960's ammunition box, $1


A old handle with memo clips (hey, it's neat!), $.50


WWII filing cabinet with files, $12.75


Some old lawn chairs, shown here after I painted them, FREE in the trash at an antique store.


A radio flyer wheelbarrow, $3.50


A KitchenAid pink mixer, $16.75!


Two brown apothecary jars, $.50 each

vintage amber apothecary jar - brown glass jar with lid - medicine ...