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Friday, March 9, 2012

A Chair Named Lola

Seven months ago, the boyfriend and I were thrifting at some of our favorite stores.  You all know how that goes - sometimes you find amazing things and other times you don't really find anything.  That was the case that time around, but decided to make one last stop at a thrift store on the way home.  I ran across this ugly chair.  As you can see in the pictures below, the fabric was filthy dirty.  I didn't even want to touch it with my bare hands.  The chair was $10 so I had to buy it.  It sat in my garage for the longest time looking like so:

{Before}

I went to visit my dad a few months ago and took Lola (I named the chair Lola) along with this wingback chair across the border to get it reupholstered.  I know I should have given Lola a coat of paint before reupholstering her, but I tend to work backwards. LOL

After bringing it home Lola sat in my garage for another couple of months.  Below is Lola with a coat of primer.  I used gray primer from Home Depot and you can see the new upholstery or maybe not b/c it's not really a good picture. 


{Lola Primed}

I then gave Lola two coats of paint.  I used Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back.  I used the real deal because I knew I wasn't going to need lots of paint, I bought a sample and that was more than enough.  Here she is with her two coats of Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back and you can also see the upholstery:

{Painted}

I then gave Lola a subtle dry brush technique with acrylic paint like so...and added some Rub-N-Buff in antique gold....




...and this is what Lola looks like all finished:

{Finished}


She's tucked in a corner in my family room.  I tried two different looks on her.

{First look}

{Second look}

I don't know which look she's keeping, but I really like them both.  I also like her alot without the pillows so she can display her beautiful tufting.

I just started another project and hopefully it won't take me seven months to finish it!  

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Til next time...








9 comments:

  1. Great chair and it looks amazing now. Hugs, Marty

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  2. Hi Sandra. Thanks for stopping by. I love what you have done to this chair! I have never done a chair! All that upholstery freaks me out. And I like the 2nd pic best!

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  3. The chair looks amazing, Sandra!! I love the second look!! But I am always drawn to darker colors :)

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  4. The chair looks fantastic. Good job!

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  5. Lola turned out just beautiful!! Thanx for joining the party!

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  6. Gorgeous chair. You do great work. Thanks for sharing at Wow.

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  7. Beautiful, Sandra! Lola is one happy chair now, thanks to your amazing talent. And, I love the different looks you're giving her ... I'm sure she's enjoying her various, wonderful outfits. And, thanks, sweet friend, for your kind words about my Easter dining room!

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