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| I have blogged about this chair here & here. I hated it green..too Mama Bearenstein for me. |
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| So, I painted it white. And I still hated it. I threw it open to the internetz, & the internetz came back with some excellent suggestions. Mandy recommended I paint it turquoise. |
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| But it still didn't feel right. |
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| Chania recommended that I dip it's feet in a different colour. I couldn't dip it properly without dipping the whole chair at once, so I painted them with a brush. I didn't like the first red I used, so I went over it with a few coats of a different red. Getting there, but still.....meh. |
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| This brainwave was all my own - paint a gold circle on the seat. I think I was hoping for a painted chair pad look. Actually, I'm not sure what I was thinking.... |
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| Mel suggested I sand back the edges, so that when it gets banged up (which it would) I would be ahead of the game. Don't you just love the friendships forged in the blogging world? Mel lives on the other side of the world yet she knows my family so well... |
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| I am not one for Shabby Chic, but once I started sanding I found it hard to stop. Was I punishing this ugly chair for being such a problem child?? I don't know, but was very cathartic. I sanded the shit outta that chair & loved every second of it! |
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| And now, I think it's finally done. The sanding took the edge of all those layers of paint in more ways than one. I like the blue & white, with the bare wood glinting through. It looks like it might have been washed up on the beach, after a ship wreck. Which ties in with the legs that look like lobster claws. |
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| With no faded floral, white or pale pink there is no way it is trying to be Shabby Chic. I love it's bent up, urban charm. I am ready to have it in my house! I think it deserves to be loved. Am I getting too personal about this chair? Maybe we both need therapy.. xx |