Procrastinator Party ~ The After

You may recall my project for the Procrastinator Party over at The Inspired Room was/is 4 of these chairs. I'm doing the reverse of most people ~ going from white to brown.



Here they are with the seats removed and ready for painting.



This is the fabric that will be used on the seats.



These are the tools you will need if you are going to recover a seat on a chair like this.



Old fabric is off and new fabric is ready to be stapled on!



One down, three to go! {sigh}



All four seats are done. Painting is the next step. I was going to use the brown paint I had gotten for free from Glidden, but it wasn't working out. I had to get spray paint.

I just finished in time and it was not due to procrastinating. I would have been done Saturday, if my car battery didn't decide to die as I was heading out to get spray paint. But I perservered. Two of the seats are not attached. I laid them across for the pictures and when the paint is fully dried {probably tomorrow evening; it felt a little tacky to the touch} I'll screw them on.

Here they are! It looks like a line up.

The pictures are horrible and I apologize. It was dark out and, if I can get better pictures, I'll come back and edit them in.

One of these chairs I use at my vanity, so I wanted to make it pretty and girly. I added a sheer skirt {don't mind the dust, I was just a little busy reupholstering and painting chairs this week!}.

I think that if I join in next year, I'm going to pick a smaller project. In fact, I'm going to start this weekend ~ procrastinating over small projects. I am glad this project is finally done {it's been 2-3 years in the making} so I'm thankful for the nudge the party provided. Thanks Melissa!

I'm also linking up with Miss Mustard Seed's Furniture Feature Friday. It's her first one, so come visit and see all the great furniture redo's!

Don't forget to enter our Pixie Dust Decor Giveaway running this week!

Procrastinator's Proclamation {The Before Pictures}

I'm having a lot of fun linking up to all the different blog parties. Not only is it fun, but I'm accomplishing stuff! So, I only hesitated for a moment to commit myself to Melissa's Procrastinator's Party over at The Inspired Room.

Step 1 is sharing before pictures of the project piece(s). Here's mine:

I had gotten 6 of these chairs FREE many years ago. They were painted a flat pinky-peach color with a pink vinyl seat. I love the legs, the generous seat and the flower details on the harp{?} back. {If anyone knows anything about this style chair, I'd love to hear about it}. I painted them white and added the fabric you see here, figuring they would be great additional seating whenever I needed it. I'm down to 5 and I'm only going to redo 4, since the fifth one is in my spare bedroom {white with a different fabric that works in that room}.

At this point in my life the white and this fabric don't fit in with my home or style anymore. I decided I want to paint them brown and use a fabric that coordinates with my bedroom {since that is where 3 of them reside}. I've had the fabric for around 2-3 years {yes, I said years ~ I am a Pro at this Crastinating stuff} and I got the paint with the last Glidden promotion for a free quart of paint.

The hardest step is next ~ step 2 ~ actually working on the project and having it done by October 20th to link up with everybody else's afters.

Wish me luck!

Don't forget to enter our Paintings in Progress Giveway for a beautiful painting by artist, Julie Beck, called "Skeleton Keys". Ends Friday!