Thursday, May 19, 2011

On a French Roll

Earlier today I made a post about my Puffy Frenchy Royal Frames that I just repainted and repurposed from mirros, and now I'm back to show you the cute little childres French Chair that I just finished too!

This one was kind of a trial and error, with a mix of 3 different colored paints, a rag, sandpaper and my achy breaky back!! LOL  I seriously need to take a day at the pool or the beach again!

Here's the little childrens chair the way I bought it. On the bottom of it was a sticker that said it belonged to a local church.  I can only imagine how many little girls and boys sat on this chair during Sunday School.

I sanded the chair down...

(Heya Emily, did you see what I see in the background?
Noooo, not my truck, silly girl.. hehe! It's "our" dresser!! haha!)


Then "roughly" and "haphazzerdly" (is that a word?!) painted French Blue all over.
Being careful NOT to be too careful and leave some splotches of the wood.


I let the blue paint dry, and finished the puffy frenchy frames I posted about earlier today.

Then, went back out to the garage and again, haphazzerdly, painted on some burnt umber paint.
This time as soon as I put the brown paint on, I wiped it off.



Only doing sections at a time so the brown wouldn't dry too fast.



Then, immediatly after I added the brown paint to the entire chair,
I did the same thing with cream colored paint.



Applying the cream color paint in sections at a time
and wiping off/in as I went.


Took her outside for a good lashing sanding ;)
And here she is!!





From that... to this!

What do ya think?

Now that I've tried it on a small piece, it's a little back breaking,
but, I think I can give myself the "go ahead" on something larger...



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13 comments:

  1. that looks adorable! i love the planked seat. and sadly... i have cut out all french breads etc, and just eat whole wheat... when i read the title i pictured a nice warm gooey french roll. sigh. :)

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  2. Ahhh... Doesn't it sound delish?! It's been awhile since I've enjoyed one too.
    Thanks for stopping by, Cassie :)

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  3. This is sooo cute, I have a green one that was part of a set from my 2nd. birthday. Love how you've painted it. Thanks for linking up with VIF! xo Debra

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  4. The little chair turned out really cute, I like the color you chose.

    Sylvia

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  5. How cool is it to still have something that cute from when you were only 2! I still have a childs rocking chair that is stained, my mom also handpainted my name and some flowers on the top of it. I'll NEVER change it!

    Thanks Sylvia and Debra :)

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  6. Thanks Jane :) Yep, me too. I think I'll try this 3 color combo on another peice.

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  7. Sweet! I love the way it turned out.

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  8. Thanks Kluless! :)

    Hope everyone has an awesome weekend!!

    Sherri

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  9. I think it is marvelous!!
    I have a table i want to makeover like this!! Nice!
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  10. fabulous job! love it! xoxo, tracie

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  11. so cute! the paint recipe turned out great. It looks so original! thanks for sharing this at Transformations and Treasures.

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  12. Thanks so much girls :)
    Hope ya'll are having a fabulous week!!

    (Soooo happy posting is back.. LOL)
    Sherri

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