Last year, while on a random trip to my local Goodwill store I found a chair. This said chair (see above picture) was a whopping $6.99. I couldn’t pass it up. Ever since my friend Sarah at While They Snooze did a Side Chair Makeover for her sewing room. I knew I could do this easy project. Well, when we started brainstorming with our friends over at Homes.com about content creation for our new video series my chair came to mind. It was a project I had wanted to tackle for a while now.
Within one weekend I had my old crappy chair revamped into something spectacular! Chalk paint is an ideal paint to cover furniture. As you will see from the video, you can easily cover furniture with this paint. Watch my first video of a 2-part series to see how I Chalk Painted an Old Chair to make it go from drab to fab.
So, what do you think? The chair already looks amazing if you ask me, and I can’t wait to share with you (next week) how to recover a chair cushion–super simple!
Disclosure: We have a working relationship with Homes.com and are video brand ambassadors for 2013 (thus we are compensated). As always all opinions are our own.
What a great transformation! You break it down into steps that make me think I can tackle an old desk we have. The sheen from the wax really makes it look so finished. Can’t wait to see how you’ll pull it all together with the cushion fabric. Thanks for the inspiration!
You can totally tackle a project like this. I love transforming furniture knowing that I don’t have to sand it down to the core and waste all that valuable time. The finishing wax is easy to work with and if its a flat surface I highly suggest using a car buffer it works great! The finishing wax also helps protect the paint underneath. Good luck!!!
I just found your site today and I love it so far! I have a question. I stumbled on it because I was doing a search on painting upholstered furniture. I have had to start over in my home due to a robbery, and luckily my older furniture in my spare room wasn’t taken. I have a couch and now luckily 3 chairs, 2 matching ones I managed to get for free, and the other I snagged for $20 at a Salvation Army. They are all in excellent condition, however they don’t match the couch. The couch looks and is vintage from the 30’s, 40’s with tufts on the back and the rolled arms. The 3 chairs match the style perfectly. I can sew, but I know my limits & I can’t reupholster this furniture. I’ve checked around pricing & it’s outrageous! I have seen and heard about fabric dye, and different ways of painting fabric furniture. Have you done this? If so could you recommend the best and most cost efficient ways of doing it? I would greatly appreciate it. I don’t mind using the non matching chair as the “guinea pig”. I hope you can help. Your blog is fantastic and it looks as if you would be able to help. Thank you so much! I look forward to hearing back your reply! Very sincerely, Rachel 🙂
Hi Rachel, Sorry to read about your misfortune. I’ve never painted the fabric on furniture. I have, however; reupholstered an Ikea Tulsta Chair (google it and you’ll see my blog post about it). Sorry I couldn’t be of more assistance. Good luck!