Hi friends!
Last week I guest posted over at Decorating Insanity, where I shared a tutorial on how I up-cycled an old rocking chair.
~If you missed it, here it is!~
Recently my friend asked me to breathe a little ‘life’ into her dilapidated rocking chair. She’d kept it in her back yard for a few years, where it got rained on and just beat down by the elements.
Even one of its legs had come undone; this one needed some major surgery to bring it back to the land of the living.
Oh yeah, I was so up or this challenge, BRING IT ON!
Here’s a quick recap on how this ugly duckling became a beautiful swan!
1. This chair had a lot of weather damage, so I had to sand it down with an orbital sander, and then go over the smaller nooks and crannies by hand.
2. Once it was sanded down as much as possible, I used Zinsser Cover Stain as a primer.
3. Once the primer was dry, I rolled on the paint, and used a brush in the hard to reach corners. I chose a pale blue, ‘Prelude’ by Behr, to give it a fresh look!
4. As a last step I sprayed a few coats of exterior semi-gloss polyurethane over the entire piece.
Back to life!
This took the better part of a day to completely overhaul, but my bestie was so happy with her newly rockin’ rocking chair! It made all the work totally worth it!
There you have it folks–hope you liked it! See you again soon!
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Cheap Craft Mama
Bloom Designs
Awesome upcycle my friend! Love the color and the pillow! Come show it off at the Pomp Party! Have a great weekend!
Jill @ Create.Craft.Love.
http://jill-createcraftlove.blogpsot.com/2012/06/pomp-party-22.html
Thanks! I’ll stop by!
This is awesome!!!
I nominated you for a Sunshine Blog Award!! I hope it blesses you
Check it out at:
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Your blog always inspires me
Janiene
Janiene! Thank you so much! YOU are a blessing and inspiration to me! XO
That turned out SO pretty…way better than before! Stopping by from the Networking Blog Hop…I would love if you would come say hello
Modern Modest Beauty
Thank you Jenny! I will stop by!
GREAT SAVE, Jenny.
Candy
PICKINandPAINTIN.blogspot.com
Thanks Candy!
Stopping by from the hop! Following you! So amazing what a little paint can do! Awesome job!
Thanks Alicia for the comment and the follow! I’ll be stopping by your place!
This is a great project. Love it. I would love for you to do a tutorial in July for the CSI project. You can see the challenges on the blog and email me to sign up. I would love to have you on the blog.
http://www.thecsiproject.com
dee@thecsiproject.com
That rocking chair makeover is seriously rockin’ … but I’m also distracted by that awesome burlap pillow sitting on it!
Linda
Linda, thank you so much!! I’m actually sharing the tute on that pillow at the Craft Stash Bash at Lines Across this Thursday 6/28! http://www.linesacross.com/
You truly gave this rocking chair a new life! It looks beautiful! Thank you for sharing this tutorial with us at our Summer BBQ Bash!
Thank YOU Kirsten!
Your redo looks great – awesome chair as well! Nice job – your friends know just who to go to, don’t they?? Thanks for sharing Barbara!
Stacey of Embracing Change
Thank you Stacey! You’re always such a sweetheart!
What a great chair. Love the color. Thanks for sharing at the All Star Block Party.
Holly
Thanks so much!
Nice job! Thank you for linking up with us at our All Star Block Party. I’m featuring your before/after photo on my facebook page today.
Shasta
All Star Block Party
Thank you Shasta!! So sweet of you to feature my project on your FB page!!
I love this…. such a great makeover….
Thank you for linking up to the ALL STARS BLOCK PARTY!!!
Carri
simplydonewright.blogspot.com
Thanks Carri!!
awesome redo — it looks great. I have two rocking chairs that need some work,, they both need the slat/seats and I havent for the life of me been able to figure out how to do it yet.
Debilou, thanks for the comment! I haven’t seen your rockers but, if they’re missing slats or a seat, have you considered adding a slab of plywood and then adding foam that you can wrap in pretty fabric? I’d love to see what you do with them–Keep me posted on your project!!
Barbara
Barbara, what a transformation! The Behr Prelude color was the perfect choice. Beautiful job!
Thank you so much Jena!!
Oh my gosh Barbara– I generally love chippy… but your “new” chair looks super! great job girl!
gail
Gail, I love chippy too, but this chair had so much weather damage I had no choice but to start all over! Thank you for stopping by!