My sweet friend, Dawn, with Creative Cain Cabin
is back to share another fabulous Design Post with
us. I think I still have my mouth wide open in a
bit of disbelief. You will not believe how
amazing this project turned out.
How To Paint a {Flea Market} Couch
Look at the treasure I found while shopping with hubby
at Habitat for Humanity – this darling retro love seat.
I spotted what hubby calls UGLY, this love seat in
perfect condition and they were having a half off sale.
Of course I said load her up, and hubby looked at me
like I was crazy. I told him after I was done he wouldn’t
recognize it and it was for the dog to sleep on anyway so
he didn’t have to like it or sit on it. I keep one piece
of furniture around for the dog, and her wing back chair
was in desperate need of being replaced. I certainly
wasn’t about to buy a new piece of furniture so this
would be perfect.
I asked the workers about the piece and they said
it came from the hospital before the remodel. It
actually makes into a twin bed if need be. Well the
color wasn’t for me it actually blended into our log
walls and it was sorta creepy thinking there may be
hospital germs on it, I know I sound like a germaphobe
but painting it would make it all better.
I had some
chalk paint at home and knew it could be used
on upholstery so my plan was coming
together perfectly.
Finally the weather decided to cooperate so I took
advantage of a nice sunny day and got out my
paint sprayer and fixed the old girl up. The color I
used was Peacock by Waverly. I purchased it at
Walmart in the craft section, it took (2) 8-oz bottles
to complete the project. Here’s a tip if you decided to
use chalk paint through a sprayer I recommend mixing
1-oz of water to 8-oz of paint. It thins it just enough
to push it through. Chalk paint is thick and needs
a little watering down to be used in a sprayer.
And it dries so fast you can paint and have your
project back in the house and use it within the hour.
So this is the dog’s new peacock blue love seat.
So far, she is enjoying it and it gives her more room
than a chair. Hubby and one of our employees
carried it into the house for me and they were
quite impressed with the finish, they said they’d have
never guessed it was paint, it felt and looked just
like fabric.
Voila success!
Cow Print – Hobby Lobby | Owl Planter – TJMaxx | Throw Pillow – TJMaxx |
Area Rug – Home Goods
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xxoo, Barb
David Guetta says
Thank for share !
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