Just Paint It: Antiqued Chair with Spray Paint

I tried ‘shopping’ the house for things to decorate the front porch for Fall.

Hard to believe but nothing was just ‘right’.

Aw, gee . . . another trip to the thrift store.

A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do. Right?

This plain l’il schoolhouse-lookin’ chair was half off the day I went shopping.

Four bucks.

I can do $4 for a chair that will actually be nothing more than a prop on the porch.

I mean, you could sit on it, I suppose.

But then you’d pretty much destroy my Fall ‘vignette’ and you wouldn’t want to do that, would you?

Nothing says “welcome” like a chair that says Please Don’t Sit Here.

ahem.

I thought about just sanding the guy to distress him a bit and calling it a day.

But why would I do that when I just found my two, ok three, boxes of spray paint?

A quick coat of a light green.

I could’ve just sanded him now. But why, when I have my secret weapon . . .

If you’ve never tried it, ohmygosh, you must! There are so many things you can spray Glossy Wood Tone on, believe me.

Back to my l’il chair.

So, yes, because I sprayed the Wood Tone on, it had that spray-paint-blotchy look.

Honestly, it looks worse in the photos than it does in person.

Now I took a dollar store sanding block and distressed the edges, sanded down the blotches, and wound up with a nice old looking chair.

Are you keeping track?

Chair – $4
Spray Paint – on hand
Glossy Wood Tone – $7 (use a coupon for the craft store to bring the price down)
Sanding Blocks $1

For about $10 – because I did use a coupon for the Wood Tone – I have a chair that adds a little color and fits right in with Fall.

But I’m thinking it’ll work pretty well year ‘round.

Add some hay, a milk can . . . no, wait! You can’t see the whole porch yet. I have more projects to show you.

For now I’ll show you my ‘antiqued’ chair that I spray painted.

And a cute l’il photo bomber too.

Colleen

Just Paint It