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You are here: Home / decorating / Everybody Puts Baby in the Corner

Everybody Puts Baby in the Corner

November 7, 2011 By Shannah 8 Comments

We recently inherited a lot of furniture from some of Mathlete’s relatives.  One of the neatest items is a corner chair.  Yes, a chair specifically made for the corner.  Cool, huh?

It obviously needed some work to fit into our house a little better so I kept my eye on it for a makeover.  Right now, she’s a lot like Jennifer Gray when she is shy and awkward Baby.

[Back to the Eighties]

I finally decided on where the little corner chair would live and started the makeover.  Slowly, through several secret dance lessons steps, we took her from a little old fashioned to perfect for a dance party our house.  Sorry for all the Dirty Dancing references but,  once I get a theme going, I just can’t seem to stop.  Do you hear “I had the time of my life” playing right now?  No?  Oh, must just be me.  Back to the chair.
First, I had to strip her down so that any new paint would stick.  I used a medium grit sandpaper and sanded all of the shine off (technical term there).  Basically, I didn’t think it would require me to get all the way down to bare wood so I just roughed it up a little.

I still get nervous about paint going on well and all so I almost always prime (even when advised it isn’t necessary).  I grabbed some spray primer from the store and put on one coat.

Once the primer was dry (hello, 10 minute drying time!), I grabbed my spray paint can and got busy.  I chose spray paint for this one because of all the rounded edges and design work.  For a novice furniture painter like moi, that would have been a nightmare to paint by hand.

I flipped it over to get the legs really well.

I ended up with two to three coats to cover the chair really well but that totaled less than 2 cans of spray paint!

This little makeover wasn’t finished yet.  The makeup part was done but now she needed new clothes.  I had planned to use plain fabric and then stencil the seat cover but then I stumbled upon this great fabric in the remnant pile at G Street Fabric.

I just lined it up over the chair insert and stapled it on the backside.  I didn’t even bother removing the old fabric that was already on there.

Done and done!  This little chair is ready for prime time…maybe somewhere not in a corner too!

Transformed any furniture with the press of a {spray paint} button recently?  Scored any great fabric in the remnant bin?

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Filed Under: decorating, DIY, Interior Changes, Painting

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Comments

  1. Toni says

    November 7, 2011 at 5:14 pm

    Great update on the corner chair, love the fabric.
    I found your blog through Met Monday. I a new follower after poking around a bit – great blog.

    Reply
  2. Jenny @ Simcoe Street says

    November 8, 2011 at 11:43 am

    Looks beautiful, and loved your post title

    Great job!!

    Jenny
    http://www.simcoestreet.blogspot.com

    Reply
  3. Angie @ The Country Chic Cottage says

    November 9, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    Love this! 🙂 Thanks for playing along on OMTWI! 🙂

    Reply
  4. fromgentogen says

    November 9, 2011 at 2:10 pm

    This is great — and the post title is very cute!

    Reply
  5. Jill @Two Yellow Birds Decor says

    November 9, 2011 at 5:09 pm

    Super cute!! Great Job! I found you through Show and Share!
    Jill
    twoyellowbirdsdecor.blogspot.com

    Reply
  6. Tami / Maddie Lumpkin says

    November 10, 2011 at 3:13 am

    Very classy! Love it!

    Reply
  7. Shenita @ Embellishments by SLR says

    November 10, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    What a great transformation! Very cute! I am now your newest follower from the Coffee and Conversation hop. I hope you will follow me, too! Blessings to you!

    Reply
  8. Lindsay says

    November 13, 2011 at 4:13 pm

    This looks amazing! I love the transformation! And what a simply beautiful little chair! Thanks for sharing this @ Show & Share–I am very happy to have you there!

    Reply

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