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Refurbishing A Garage Sale Chair

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Last weekend I bought this chair at a garage sale. It was really banged up, but was only $3.00 and since it had good bones I felt it could be a good rehab candidate.
Sort of the Lindsay Lohan of chairs.
It had a cute flower detail on the top.
And some really cruddy, really dusty and sort of disgusting fabric on the seat.
We don't even want to think of how many derrieres have sat on this.
I originally was conflicted as to whether I should refinish the wood-stained finish or just paint it, but when I attempted to refinish a small portion of it I realized that this was not a real antique and was made of three different types of wood.I didn't think it would refinish well, so I went ahead and brought out my paint.After removing the seat (unscrewed 4 little screws on the bottom), I applied Klean Strip Liquid Sander Deglosser to the finish. It's easier and faster to work with than sandpaper when you have a lot of intricate details. You just pour some on a rag, wipe it on and wait for it to dry.

 


Once the deglosser was dried, I applied one coat of Rust-Oleum's Painter's Touch Ultra Coverage Primer in white


and followed that up with two coats of Rust-Oleum's Ultra Coverage Heirloom White satin paint.


I decided to use the Heirloom White again because I wanted to match another piece in my living room. Besides, you can't go wrong with off-white.


I then distressed it and applied Minwax's Golden Oak stain over the paint to warm up the off-white a little and highlight the flowers.


The original seat was a little hard so I added a little more padding to it and then recovered it with a new fabric (after I got rid of all that old nasty fabric that was on there - three different layers of somewhat questionable fabric choices).


And here is the finished product.


It now matches my table that I re-did a few weeks ago.

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  1. Tins and Treasures

    Good evening, I just love how your chair turned out...and what a great bargain?!!

    Have a great week. ~Natalie

  2. Tins and Treasures

    Good evening, I just love how your chair turned out...and what a great bargain?!!

    Have a great week. ~Natalie

  3. Tins and Treasures

    Good evening, I just love how your chair turned out...and what a great bargain?!!

    Have a great week. ~Natalie

  4. Jennifer

    Oh my!!! It looks wonderful!!!!

  5. Susan

    Wow! It looks great! Now it's ready for many more derrieres in the future and they will sit in STYLE! Great job. Susan

  6. Shelia

    Hi Pam! Oh, I love how your chair turned out! You did good. Now is that a little train I see under the chair? 🙂
    Be a sweetie,
    shelia 😉

  7. marty (A Stroll Thru Life)

    What a great chair and it looks fabulous painted. Great job. Hugs, Marty

  8. Olive Cooper

    Very well done and you are so busy you are making me tired. Thanks for visiting me♥olive

  9. Mimi

    From drab to fab!

  10. Betsy@My Salvaged Treasures

    Hi, I saw the word "garage sale" and just had to visit. What a fantastic bargain and it looks so much better....so fresh. It looks great with the table. I hope you get years of use out of it.

  11. NanaDiana

    Great job Pam. I love the color choice and the way you finished both pieces. And...I gotta tell you-as much as I love the table and chairs I just adore the fact that your kids have a train running through there. It warms my heart to see people living in the "real world"~

  12. La

    This looks great and is the perfect compliment to the table you did a couple weeks ago. NICE! La

  13. Katie@LeBeauPaonVictorien

    Very pretty! Great job! I love the color..it matches perfect with the table you did!

  14. Roo @ NiceGirlNotes

    Well done! The after is gorgeous! 🙂

  15. Kim

    It looks great, especiall with that cute table. You did a nice job.

  16. Country Dreaming

    Super job! The "after" is way much better!
    Like the table also.

    Melinda