Spring Green Cottage Chairs
March 25, 2010
Last week, I picked up a pair of dusty chairs at a thrift store. I loved the classic cottage shape and the cheap price, but the finish was so grungy. I brought them home and sanded them down to the raw wood, removing all the dirt and grime. Then I gave them a fresh coat of spring green paint !
Here they are Before . . .
. . . and After
All it took was half an hour of sanding and and an hour of painting to give them a fresh new look with some paint and a little distressing !
The chairs were covered in grime when I found them. Ewww.
Nothing that can’t be solved with some coarse sandpaper . . .
A fresh coat of paint from my stash – this is Dutch Boy #582-03
A little distressing along the edges with more sandpaper . . .
And that’s it ! I plan to give them a coat of Polycrylic this weekend.
I love the casual cottage look and the distressed edges !
I simply never get tired of spring green and white.
Isn’t the power of paint magically delicious ?
Welcome Spring !
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Tags: cottage chairs, distressed paint, spring green, thrift store find
pretty!
Holy smokes!!! Those things are amazing now! My favorite color! Perfection!
Truly fresh and inviting for this season. A little elbow grease and a can of paint can transform so many things into treasures.
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gorgeous!!! i just emailed someone earlier today for a craigslist ad for two similar chairs b/c i am having a party next week and need more seating. want chairs that i can paint. Love the green you chose. So happy and spring-y!
How pretty!
Judy
Beautiful color! I love how springy they are :)
Beautiful chairs – i never get tired of spring green either – even in December, lol. I’m impressed that you could prep them in 1/2 hour, I probably would have added a lot of unnecessary sanding time to that, ugh. I like to torture myself that way, I spose ;)
Those are gorgeous, Kate. Please send me an identical pair!
Wow! They cam out great. I really have to try this. Thanks for the step by step. I come across chairs all the time when I am “hunting” for my home. I will have to get one to try this out.
~jamilyn
Love them! Hope I could stumble on some cute chairs at a great price!
Very sweet. I do like me a bit of grundge too though you do need to be careful what you team it with to avoid it looking plain old and nasty! Your green is sublime.
Kristine
They are beautiful! So glad they were rescued and given a new life: )
Health and happiness,
Angela
http://angelawalkerjewelry.blogspot.com
I’m LOVING green and white myself. They look beautiful!!!!
Love the color you chose and love the backs of those chairs…so simple and pretty.
Could you have chosen a more PERFECT shade of green? I think not. LOVE LOVE it!!! The chairs are absolutey adorable.
Love these! So pretty! You really did a wonderful job. :)
Welcome, Spring, indeed!! :) They look fabulous. :) Loove that green.
I love green and white together. So classic…so spring. Welcome Spring!
umm, allls u need now is some lemonade and a friend :) well done.
I love those chairs…what a beautiful color, too!
Hmmm… Maybe that green in my kitchen.
So cute! Spring green and distressing go amazing together! I’ll have to keep my eye open for some nasty chairs to make over!! great job!
You inspire me! I have chairs in the garage that need some work. Thank you! Awesome work!!!!
Very fresh and springy! Transformations like that are so much fun.
Wow! What a difference . . . love the green!
The chairs look great! I have two chairs from my grandmother that are very similar. I can’t bring myself to paint them because they have a hand painted design on the splat back. Your chairs turned out so well, I just might decide to paint mine. Hmmm, now where to put them.
What a big difference it made in them. I love that color green you chose. So fresh and just perfect for summer.
By the way, that flower vase is adorable. It looks easy to make!
They turned out awesome! Pretty!
I’ve recently found your site and love the eye candy all your decorating ideas are – it’s like I’ve come home! I’ve been struggling with finding my “style” and think I’ve found it in your pages. My new favorite color is that spring green…let’s see, what can I paint with it?
Absolutely perfect! What a lovely color too. Greens are my favorite color for decorating. We have green in our bedroom and both bathrooms and I just don’t get tired of it. Great project!
So you got that ‘green fever’ too? I’m spray painting everything in green around here… and loving it! So refreshing! Your look gorgeous!!!
Came out great! Love it! I am a huge fan of the distressed edges too!
Kim @ http://frostmeblog.blogspot.com
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That’s perfect! I have an old wooden chair that I knew I wanted to paint, but couldn’t decide on white or black. Spring green is it. I am so excited to get started!
i love them! you always do such a great job with redos!!! love!
You truly have vision because I would have NEVER stopped to pick up those grungy chairs! Excellent job as usual! Beautiful!
Just like Lucky Charms! They ARE magically delicious. These look darling now. Enjoy them!
Love it! I realize it is not the focus of this post, but that little “Les Fleurs” thing with the jar is BRILLIANT! I must make one of those. I have a million billion jars. Leave it to me to be distracted by the accessories! :)
i love love love it!!! did you make the mason jar flower holder/vase??? if so, can we have an instruction??? i want to copy it for my backyard!!!
Love how fresh they look, Kate! I like that green, too!
These chairs turned out awesome!! How I love green:)
If you can look beyond the finish and see a great shape, wooden chairs are the best thrift store finds. Love the color.
Well done!!!! They look totally different! I love the staging around the chairs… so looks like spring! Love it!
I love them. I will take two pleasa!
I just love the spring green! So fresh and pretty!
They turned out awesome.. Great chairs. Love the green and especially with the white.
I love the color, great job!
How pretty! I also love the distressed edges. And that soft Spring green color is divine!!
Blessings,
Stacey
I love the “cottagey” look of this vignette you’ve created. Perfect!
You never cease to amaze me. I think you should rent out space weekly in your house for wanna be crafty folk, so that we can soak up your skillz in person!