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annie sloan chair redo (before & after)

June 2, 2015

chair seat Annie Sloan redo pleasure in simple things blog

It’s baaaack…painting season, that is!  Once the weather gets warm, I love being outdoors and transforming some old furniture with a little paint!  This season started with an old chair.  When I saw the detail on the back of this chair, I was hooked!  I needed to paint it!

chair before pleasure in simple things chair redo

I had some great fabric left from a chair project I completed last summer, so that spearheaded the color choice for this chair.  I started by putting a sealing coat, since the type of finish on this chair often bleeds through paint.

After Chair Annie Sloan pleasure in simple things blog

Then, I painted the entire chair with a coat of Annie Sloan Paris Grey.

detail Annie Sloan chair redo pleasure in simple things blog

The next coat I painted was Annie Sloan Old White.  Using those two paint colors and, also, some Duck Egg, I mixed the paint to add a design to the back of the chair.  Because the chair fabric had an abstract kind of a look, I went with the same type of feel for the back of the chair, using soft, loose strokes.

Annie Sloan paints pleasure in simple things blog

Once that was complete, I added a coat of Annie Sloan clear wax to the entire piece.  I then did some distressing of the piece before adding a second coat of wax.

painted detail Annie Sloan chair redo pleasure in simple things blog

What do you think?

Annie Sloan paint chair pleasure in simple things blog

I am calling my first piece of the season Rockport.  :)

Rockport chair pleasure in simple things blog chair redo

Thanks for stopping by.  Remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie

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