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Chippendale Chair

December 3, 2012 by Bee Filed Under: annie sloan, Chalk Paint, DIY, furniture, home decorating, Interior Design, repurpose, Thrift Store, Tutorials

Warning… This post is going to be obnoxious and braggy.
On a regular drive by of our local resale store (don’t I sound tough) I spotted a bamboo chair just sitting right out front… just sitting there… with people walking past her… like she didn’t have a beacon of sun shining down on her! No one was even in a hair pulling, drop down, drag out fight over her!
I jumped out of the still moving car and did a triple roll and landed swiftly in the chair and refused to move until I knew she was mine!
Ok, that might not be quite how it all went down…. but it was close.  There was no price tag on the chair when I walked up though so I had to carry it around until I found someone to help me and he looked at me and then at the chair and goes…. How about $10?
$10?! How about I give you $20 just because today is outstanding?!
And then she was mine…

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Not to pretty in brown and old fabric but oooohhhh the possibilities! I decided to go with a gray Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and then distress and use dark and light waxes.  I had some fabric on hand that I used but will probably be changing it out with my bedroom redo:) First I took off the seat to paint…


Once I was all done with paint I took my trusty staple gun and stapled my fabric all the way around and then screwed the seat back on-  the only thing that could have made all of this any better was if there had been two!

This beauty got a final update and you can see it Here!
Hope you are having a fabulous day!
B:)

Comments

  1. 1
    decorumdiyer says:
    January 24, 2013 at 4:33 pm

    A fabulous find, indeed! I am sooooo jealous. Great for you! I, too, have a slight faux bamboo obsession. I have a few pieces, but not a chair such as yours. 🙁
    How is it I am the first person to comment on such an amazing find/post?

  2. 2
    Lindsay @ Makely says:
    January 25, 2013 at 4:46 pm

    HAHAHAHA and Oh Em Gee!! I’m so in love with that. I would have fought you for it, and then there could have been some serious drama, girl!

    Following you in my reader!

  3. 3
    Damien says:
    March 17, 2013 at 7:34 pm

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