Thrifting and Upcycling: Part 1

If you didn't know, I love thrift shopping!! I have done this with my Mom and Grandmother since I was little.  I go anywhere from Goodwill to Salvation Army to local little thrift stores to find goodies!  I go to these stores to find things for me to re-create and make awesome!  I also love to find antiques and furniture to fix up and give a home.  Currently, I have my eyes out for some awesome mirrors and frames. I want to do an eclectic frame wall for pictures and find a really luscious and ornate frame for a mirror for our bedroom.

So today I had an hour to kill before my massage (post half marathon massage that is) so I ran over to Goodwill.  I haven't had time lately to check into the stores and of course its a Monday and all of them except Goodwill were closed.  I always seem to forget that part and it is truly SO annoying! I try to get in there every couple of weeks to see what's new and if there is anything that needs some TLC from Jets!  As I was perusing for another up cycle project which I will share with you later, I found a little lonely chair!!! It was screaming at me and telling me to buy it, since it was only $5! I looked and it was truly a super easy fixer upper! Here is what it looked like before. 

Quite a beauty huh!? All I had to do was unscrew the seat from the chair to recover it and spray paint the chair!! 

So first, I recovered the seat cushion. Again line up the cushion on top of the fabric and begin stapling  in the middle out toward the corners. Once all the sides are stapled down, fold your corners like a present, trim any left over fabric, and staple them down.

Next, I took the chair to the yard to spray paint. This was an utter fail. One thing I will just not miss about Oklahoma is the wind and all the bugs! I guess bugs are everywhere, but they were totally ruining my project!! For some reason they like spray paint and wanted to get stuck in there. Luckily I realized this early on and just moved my project to the garage to avoid both annoyances.  I used Rust-O-Leum 2x coverage spray paint with primer built in.

After I let it dry for a good 45 minutes I was able to screw the cushion back on to the chair, and as easy as that I have a new chair for the small desk in my guest room! Or I may use it elsewhere who knows, but it looks super cute and cost me hardly anything!