A Chair for my Porch

Good sturdy chairs are,
for some strange reason,
always a temptation to me at yardsales.

Perhaps it has to do with the numerous

"rescued" chairs that we had growing up,

that teetered, wobbled, and broke under the strains

of my parents delight in hosting game nights

with friends, or with just us kids.

Pictionary, the Dictionary game, Spoons, 

and any other competitive game

often gave our chairs an over-abusive life.

So when I saw this sturdy little thing at a yard sale for a couple dollars,
I fell in love.

 (It was the same yard sale where I got >THIS PIECE< that I already told you about...

 so I was floating on a cloud of yard-sale-happiness that day).




The chair had some obvious problems...

 which may have been why it hadn't sold yet;


but I had the experiment with putty I thought I'd try on it.

 (I explained it in detail in >THIS POST<).

 I added some pieces a little at a time
until I had the broken pieces replaced.
(I also put wood filler to fill in the detailed strip going across the chair
since it had some little chips in it as well).

It wasn't perfect, but it was good enough for the enclosed porch.


 I painted the whole thing with Annie Sloan's Paris Grey chalk paint
(it only needed one coat!)
and accented with her Old White.

I then waxed it with Fiddes and Son clear and Rugger wax.

(I hope you aren't getting tired of my use of chalk paint.
It is convenient for me: very quick with not having to prep the wood
before painting,
it doesn't seem to have any fumes or smell at all,
and the quarts that I got have really lasted through a bunch of projects.


I plan on doing a post about what I like and don't like about the paint
in the coming week or two
because I have had so many friends on facebook ask questions.)

 I found a piece of heavy material for the seat at the second hand store for $1
and thought it was perfect for this project.

 So if you're passing by,
come sit a spell and enjoy my new chair.

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