So today I took on my first painting project for a free awesome find! I found these wood folding chairs outside by the dumpster in Cougar Village.
That is right - by the dumpster.
Now lets just kick off our stilettos and get serious - Drop your fear of checking out your neighbors junk. If you have a fear of picking up awesome things next to...or sometimes inside....a dumpster you are really missing out! I wasn't sure what to think the first time Sweet Husband pulled out a huge pillar from a dumpster filled with demolition stuff. This thing was huge, white, and filled with nails. But my heart skipped a beat after I saw it all cleaned up and painted the most luscious red. It now stands in our living room forever reminding me of how someone's trash is truly your treasure =)
OK so on to these lovely chairs! I found them by the dumpster and they have been our porch chairs for about a year but I never painted them. A few weeks ago I was in Aledo, IL, Sweet Husband's hometown, and saw similar chairs painted yellow.
That was it - I went to Home Depot and hunted down the perfect yellow:
Dazzling Daffodil.
This is the Before shot. One of the chairs was worn down to the wood. The other chair (on the right) had paint and some lacquer still in tact. I used some sand paper to lightly rough up the wood/lacquer and also to remove flaking paint.
Now here is a key product that you need when painting on wood that has lacquer on it (you can also use this for many other surfaces!) You need: Glidden Gripper Primer. This primer helps the new paint stick to the wood/lacquer. If I didn't use this primer the paint would not have 'stuck' well to the chair. This primer is amazing and I highly recommend it!!!
Next Step: Start Painting!!!!!
Next Step: Take a break and take a pic of how hard you are working!!!
It took me about a half hour to prime and then a half hour to paint each chair.
And then they were D-O-N-E
Lovely porch chairs for Sweet Husband and I
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