The Joe was kind enough to pick me up some fancy pants chairs at a yard sale one day. They are really nice chairs, but outdated. Even still it was hard for me to attack them with the sander because they had such a nice finish on them. Half way thru I was questioning if I shouldn't have just reupholstered. Partly because they have such a nice finish and partly because they have lots of little nooks that I couldn't reach with my sander and it was tiring and frustrating.
I broke down and called my SIL Deanne and asked her if I could borrow her Mouse sander. Those things are so cool and it's something that just bumped up to the top of my wish list. Not only is it shaped like a little mouse, but it also has cool attachments that you can stick on the top to get the really tight spaces.
I think I would have thrown in the towel if it weren't for that little guy. After sanding...and sanding...and sanding...I painted it with a primer and then added some chocolate paint to the edges that I wanted to distress.
I was initially going to go with blue, but made a last second switch to white. Sooooo glad I went with the white!!! I have some really cute coordinating fabric for #2!!
That my friends will have to wait for another day...I am pooped!!
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The chair looks great white...and I love the fabric!!
ReplyDeleteDarling!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love the fabric you chose.
ReplyDeleteWow, your hard work really paid off...looks AWESOME! Enjoy your day!
ReplyDelete~Michelle :)
Wow... I love these chairs! Lucky you! You did a great job!
ReplyDelete~Whitney
Great job on the chair & I've never heard of a mouse sander, but looks like I need one!!
ReplyDeleteWow, it turned out so cute! And I want one of those sanders!
ReplyDeleteOh, so pretty and I love the fabric!
ReplyDeleteSo lovely and punchy and fun. You did a great job!
ReplyDeleteRemember that one time when you said you liked to see what the furniture wanted to look like? Yeah, you nailed it.
ReplyDeleteSo, SO cute! I love a chair redo :)
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