Chair Makeover

Of course since I changed up some things in the guestroom, I needed to update the chair that was my mother's since she was a little girl. Derek asked if that meant putting it in the basement. I really think it has potential to be cute and even if it doesn't get used much it will be nice for occasional extra seating if needed. Here's the before...

I believe that is even the original fabric. I bought some fabric on sale to replace this. It's actually black and white, not cream, as it looks in the photo.

I took the chair into the garage and spray painted it (yeah, the lazy but CHEAP way). I nearly killed off all my brain cells from doing this in an enclosed space. I recommend doing it outside or at least in a well ventilated space. I took it outside today to dry faster.

And here she is! I ran out of paint near the end so some spots are a little blotchy but it ended up adding to the artistic look of it and I rather like it.

  By the way, my inspirations for color in the room came from this clearanced art. Looks a little icky in this picture but it's really very pretty. The green and blue in this are the exact same colors are the chair and lamp.