Chair project

 So, a while ago, my mother in law gave me these chairs she had picked up at some garage sales. I decided to refinish them. I began sanding, painting, and priming back at the end of February. I finished them the end of June. Yeah, talk about a long project. But anyhow, here are the pictures documenting the whole process...

First, I sanded them

Then I wiped them down with a damp cloth

Then I got some primer

And painted a thin coat of it on the chairs. And let them dry. I think I let them dry for a couple of weeks.

Then I got my Valspar free paint sample in "Summer Sigh"

and started painting.

I actually painted two thin coats of paint. Then I let them dry for about 3 months. And although I don't have pictures of it, I bought some of this polycrylic protective finish then applied one coat, lightly sanded, applied a second coat, lightly sanded and finally, applied the third coat to the chairs.

 

And, taadaaaa. They're done!

ps. I think they took me so long partly because I have limited amount of time in the day and my baby only sleeps for 30 mins or less during his naps and I have a million other projects I need to work on and keeping a 3 year old and a 7, 8, 9, 10 month old entertained while I was working on it was hard (graham crackers only hold them for so long...)