A French Accent Chair
12September 2, 2014 by Terry
The other day I decided I was not inspired by anything in my garage and that I was going to go shopping for new projects to work on. Well… that trip was a complete fail! While I did come across many good finds, they weren’t “great” finds. Clearly this was a “sign” that I should just work on the things I already have instead of adding to my pile in the garage.
On my way home I decided to stop and browse the fabric store. Turns out I didn’t need new furniture projects for inspiration, looking at fabric and the possibility of transforming a chair with it was enough to finally get me going!
I was looking for something fresh and cheerful … this is what I decided on
I love that the colors are fresh but not super bright, almost a little faded looking.
I decided that my little blue French find should have this for her new dress. The old one had far too many buttons and was all stained up…
This chair needed some cheering up for sure!
I started by removing all the fabric and gave all the wood 2 quick coats of milk paint (with a hint of bonding agent) in the color linen. I finished it with some light distressing and I decided to dry brush some chocolate stain over her curves. I’m low on dark wax so this was a quick alternative. Any place that may have gotten too much stain was easy to fix by sanding it out. I finished it off with a generous coat of clear wax which I let set overnight before buffing it smooth.
I decided to pullout the gray color in the fabric by using a dark grey trim. It really makes it pop against the fabric and looks fresh against the white wood.
She turned out so cheery! Sorry for the dark photos, I took them in the evening and couldn’t get the lighting right for the life of me!
So she went from this…
to this…
Have a great week!
Smiles!
Terry
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The Curators Collection 
That’s amazing! Someday you need to show a step by step, please. How long did that take? Seems like seconds…
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I will try a tutorial someday…I don’t have much patience so once I start I like to keep going and get it done. I’m an instant gratification kinda person…no knitting for me :) Lol! It took a bit longer than it should have as my air stapler konked on me and I had to drive to town and buy a new one. It probably took 3-4 hours at least from start to finish. I’ve gotten fairly fast at it over the last year.
Smiles!
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It’s beautiful Terry! You are so talented. Do you have a contact email for your blog? I would like to invite you to join in a blog tour with me but was having trouble finding an email for you. Please let me know if you do :)
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Thank you for the kind compliments :) My contact e-mail is: curator@telus.net
I’m newer to blog land and I don’t know how the whole blog tour thing works. I’d love to join you though!
Smiles!
Terry
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Love this chair…..so pretty!! Well done
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Thank you for taking the time to comment and for the visit!
Smiles!
Terry
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This is just SO beautiful! And I love the fabric you’ve chosen :)
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Thank you for the visit karen! There are so many beautiful fabrics out there it’s so hard to choose :)
Have a great day! Hope you stop by again :)
Smiles!
Terry
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Love how your chair turned out. I have a couple of chairs that need to be redone. You are giving me incentive, but it will take more than 3-4 hours for me.
Bev
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Thank you for the visit and for taking the time to comment! Chairs are sort of like instant gratification for me… smaller project with a big bang :0)
Smiles!
Terry
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Lovely chair! I recently did one for my bedroom and it came out wonderfully. I love the feminine lines of it. Good choice on the fabric!
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Thank you Lisa, and thank you for the visit! I have 2 more I’d like to do for my girl’s rooms but I’m waiting until we buy our “forever” home before picking fabric for them.
Smiles!
Terry
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