TGIF!
I am really looking forward to this weekend for many reasons but the main reason is because I get to spend Mother’s Day with both my mother-in-law and mom on the same day! B and I are so fortunate to have parents who live in the same city, it makes holidays very easy!
Yesterday was like a summer day, not only in the temperature {85!}, but also in the everything we did.
1. Morning yoga session with NTC.
3. Worked the afternoon session.
4. Made an awesome summer dinner {Thanks Cook Smarts!}
5. B went to Graters for ice cream; I went to Starbucks for an ice tea.
6. We went on a super long walk {Saw a few deer!}
7. Watched one of my favorite shows, Grey’s Anatomy.
8. Ended the whole day by reading in bed!
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So let’s take a little journey with the chair, which I am super proud of, if I do say so myself!
This chair originally started with being found on the side of the road painted all black. And at the time I was living at home and my room was this lilac color. I thought it would be cool to paint it a deep purple, it was nice looking in my old room, but in my new bedroom with B, it was not fitting the bill.
So the first thing I did to get the purple and black paint off was to use this painter stripper, it sprayed on really easily the only issue I had was I needed 3 bottles {$6.98 each}. I think I needed so much because it was so dark and their were two coats of dark paint.
I also found wiping the paint away after the 15 minutes was easier and less messy than scrapping. This process took me about 1 week to do, and then it got cold so the project was put on a stand still. 🙂
Last weekend I got a sander from my dad so I was able to finish up by sanding some more of the paint off, as well as sanding the chair smooth to apply the stain. I was crazy about sanding, it took me forever because I knew once the stain went on it, their would be no more sanding!
The last step, the stain! I love to stain because I find it easy and it makes the project look clean and sharp! We used a stain called English Chestnut and we had to apply 2 coats. We are both really happy with the outcome and super excited to get a pillow and a blanket to complete the whole looks.
1 house project down, 198347 more to go! 🙂
Your Turn!
What did you have for dinner last night?
Anyone working on any DIY projects?
Your chair looks beautiful. Totally worth what you spent on the paint and stain! Have a great weekend.
Thank you so much!! Have a great weekend as well!
Whoa! I have NO DIY projects! I don’t find myself to be creative at ALL in that respect, so more power to you!
Haha thanks so much!