FIY Chair

I have had emails regarding the yellow plaid chair in my last blog - is it new, used, where did you get it? But before I get to my chair I would like to update you on my Dad. For those of you who follow my sister's blog http://www.withthyneedleandthread.blogspot.com/, you know that my dad fell from a ladder and broke his femur. He has had surgery and was scheduled to be moved to a swing bed in his home hospital today. However, yesterday he developed a very large blood clot in his leg that required a procedure to put in a "strainer" (sorry I can't remember the medical term) to prevent it from moving to his lungs. Now it is looking like he will not be going to the swing bed until Monday. Then it will be about 3 months of rehab.

Now back to my chair. My vintage vinyl chair was purchased at a thrift store. I actually remembered to take "before" pictures - kind of. As you can see I drew some lines on the seat before I remembered to take a picture.

The price was right, but I felt that the yellow was a bit bright for our cabin.

I tried various ways to tone it down.

There was a small stain on the chair that I thought possibly was a coffee stain so I tried toning it down by wiping it with a strong mixture of instant coffee. Works for fabric…but not vinyl.

I tried wood stain...did not work.

I tried colored wax…did not work.

Then it occurred to me...how about if I tone it down by drawing my “wavy plaid” with markers.

I have a lot of markers. (Someday when I have grandkids they will love to come to Grandma's studio to play with her markers.) The markers might even get me in the “A” Grandma position. :)

I chose these colors and started out by drawing in the large brown grid. I then added in the green, gold and orange last of all I added in the beige. After I was all done, I realized I should of taken pictures along the way. - Falls in the “too dumb to blog” category. Once I get a design idea in my head I am thinking about nothing but getting to the end result.

I let it set overnight and then I sprayed it with a clear flat spray paint.



Viola!

Now go create.

From my heart,

Sandy