Monday, November 1, 2010

Faux Grain Sack Chair

Here is my latest project, a chair transformation.



Before: very, very ugly. This is even after I removed the very ugly and dirty fabric on the seat. I got a little excited about this redo and tore off the fabric before I remembered to take a picture. But trust me, it was a very dirty, red & white checked material--I couldn't get my hands on it fast enough.


I used about 3 coats of white paint, then added a very large number 6 to the front (picked to represent the number of people in our family). I just printed off the number, cut it out and traced using a pencil. Then filled it in with black paint.

I heavily distressed the chair by sanding, then using a walnut stain applied liberally. I didn't plan on staining so much at first, but when I saw up close my paint job in certain areas, I decided this would be better than having to do yet another coat of white paint.




For the fabric, I made my own faux grain sack fabric. Using basic muslin and some masking tape, I taped off varied stripes and filled in using a gray acrylic paint. Then pulled off the tape to reveal this ...














64 comments:

  1. Love this chair! It is classic and rustic at the same time. Beautiful.

    http://ashleyanderic.blogspot.com

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  2. Wow! I love what you did with this chair. What great ideas:) I love redoing chairs too. They are so much fun!
    ~Debra
    Blog: Capers of the vintage vixens

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  3. What a neat idea... to make your own grain sack. Love the French feel of this redo. Gorgeous!

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  4. Gorgeous!! It is the perfect little chair now! :)

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  5. I thought your faux grain sack cushion was real! What a great job you did! Your chair is unique and has great character.

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  6. Wonderful project! I could see a whole set with different numbers around the table.

    -Danielle

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  7. Your chair looks wonderful! Not a 6..... as far as looks, it is a 10! great job!

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  8. I love how it came out..I also use that little trick. Great minds....LOL!!!!

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  9. That chair is what I call perfection! Love it! Happy White Wednesday, tami from the high street cottage. I am your newest follower, and am now going to browse your blog, smile

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  10. I have a chair like that-but my redo was nothing compared to this-excellent!!!!

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  11. What a fabulous makeover... I love it!

    Dawn... The Bohemian

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  12. that is a fantastic transformation! love it- are you talented!!

    Karen

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  13. That chair looks great! I love the sack-fabric idea! :)

    Sarah

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  14. Beautiful chair! Love the way you re-did it...thanks for sharing your tips!
    Tammy :-)
    JUNK WILD

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  15. Hi Michele!

    Great chair makeover! Looks fabulous! I love your site... you have such wonderful ideas. I've really enjoyed my visit here. The sheet music wreath is one I have to try!!

    Hugs, Sherry

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  16. You clever girl, you! You turned an ugly duckling into a glorious swan! Beautiful! :)
    Happy WW!

    xoxo laurie

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  17. I love that chair. Actually I glanced at it yesterday and when I was out shopping today I had it on my mind, so I had to come back and look again! It's very cute.

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  18. That chair is perfect! I use the numbers 5 and 7 on things all of the time, 5 kids, 2 parents... I love seeing them around the house! I came over from white wednesday, I need to stay a bit and look around, Theresa xoxo

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  19. I love this--simply beautiful. Thanks for linking up.

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  20. When I first saw the number 6, I thought you were lucky enough to get your hands on 6 of these chairs! regardless, this one and only was a great find! Love what you have done with it!

    Take care,
    Lisa

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  21. This chair is FABULOUS!! I love the #6 for the number of people in your family. What a transformation! ~ Tina

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  22. I really like the idea of putting a number on it! It seems random at first - which is cool - but also very neat that it actually represents something about your family! Great job!

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  23. It looks wonderful. Great job on the distressing and reupholstering. Love it.
    April @ HomeHinges.com

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  24. Super cute! LOVE IT!

    Come visit us at ClassyClutter! We have an amazing necklace giveaway going on now!

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    XO, Mallory

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  25. You did a fabulous job turning that ugly ducking chair into a swan! I'm inspired and just became a follower.

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  26. HI there! I am your newest follower! I found you on the crafty link up! I love finding new blogs and yours is lovely!! I'm at www.bouffeebambini.blgospot.com

    Great makeover! I love your blog title too. CUTE

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  27. This one knocked my socks off, what a terrific job you did on this chair.

    Have a wonderful day

    Kate

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  28. Beautiful! It looks like something straight out of Ballard Designs!

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  29. Love your chair! I'm planning to reupholster some seat chairs and this is has helped me with some ideas. You did a great job. Thanks so much!

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  30. This is a stunning makeover...come on over and share her with all of us at my NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAYS PARTY...hope to see ya there:)

    Blessings,
    Linda

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  31. Looks like it came out of a very chic shop!
    Great job.
    I just love that you represented your family here, I always pick the number 3 for the same reason.
    Your faux fabric fools the eye perfectly!!
    Thanks for sharing
    Amy

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  32. Great makeover, it looks fabulous, bravo:))
    Greetings from Biljana

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  33. Your chair is beautiful! I've been looking through your blog and everything is beautiful and so inspiring. I've become a follower:)

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  34. This is really, really quite beautiful! You're very good at this stuff.
    Brenda

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  35. What a fun project...I'm inspired! Hopped over from Vintage Inspiration Friday...I'm a new follower!

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  36. Love that change, you gave it a new life!

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  37. WOW! It is stunning! Thanks for telling us how you did it!

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  38. Looks great, love how you made your own grain sack! And the number really sets it off!

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  39. I love it! I have a chair almost exactly like that, it was my great granny's and I've been trying to think of something pretty to do to it... thanks for the inspiration!

    Tania

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  40. Love this!!
    I'm your newest follower :)

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  41. This chair is great! But what is even better is you making your own fabric per say!! I love that!!

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  42. Really gorgeous! Thank you so much for linking up with air your laundry Friday again, sweetie!

    Hugs,
    Jami

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  43. Awesome job! This is a great idea and I plan to implement it one day (in my spare time, of course).

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  44. wow...lovely...that huge type 6 is GREAT! I love being able to incorporate typography into decor! You do a great job of it.

    http://northerncottage.blogspot.com

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  45. STILL loving the job you did on that chair, Michele! Beeeautiful!!! :)

    xoxo laurie

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  46. Great!
    I love the no. and the faux grin stripe!
    L.

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  47. Just dropping by to let you know that I linked to this post in a round up today from the Home & Garden channel at Craft Gossip. :) You can see the feature here
    http://homeandgarden.craftgossip.com/9-cool-number-projects/

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  48. Hi Michele, I wanted to let you know that I put a link back to your blog and a picture of your chair on my blog. It was my inspiration for my chair I just redid! Come on over and take a peek!!

    Tania

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  49. Great job Michele! I have a question though.
    I pick up a chair on the sidewalk, but without any seat. So would you have any idea how I can handle that?
    Thanks for your advice
    linedupuy(at)hotmail(dot)fr

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  50. Hi, Michele! I'm admiring all your creative projects here so can you please share them with us at the Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop? I hope to see you at http://www.homemakeronadime.com/2011/05/creative-bloggers-party-hop-050111.html :)

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  51. love this chair! it is so awesome and the number 6 was the perfect number choice i think- it just suits the chair!

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