Happy Sunday!

It's been a while since I've had the chance to post. Things have been crazy between our kitchen project, and being out of town last weekend.

Today Andrew and I took a set of chairs purchased for the bargain basement price of $35.00 (TOTAL!) from Craig's List and gave them an extreme face lift :)

The entire project cost $85.00 or $21.25 per chair. Can't beat that with a stick!

We decided to go BOLD as almost everything else in our house is very muted.

This was my very first "upcycle" project, and I'm happy to report that it really wasn't all that hard. We used Valspar Color Radiance spray paint in flat caramel honey to transform the chairs from their dingy 'ol wood color to something a bit more fresh a modern.

http://www.valsparpaint.com/en/find-the-right-product/interior/spray-paint/radiance.html

The fabric and cushion batting was purchased at Joann's. The fabric is a Waverly print that is both traditional and modern at the same time ( it sorta reminded me of a damask, but in fun color palette). The fabric was on sale for $11.99 a yard. I purchased two yards in the event that I encountered a MAJOR mishap...

http://www.joann.com/fabric/home-decor-fabric/price_$10-$25/color_purples%7Cmulti/?page=3

We took the chairs out to the barn to spray paint (thank god we had some air circulation - this stuff would've killed us in a closed room!) and then allowed them to dry for about 3 hours. The bottle says it should be "dry to the touch" in 30 minutes. Yeah, um. THAT IS A LIE!

Check out the afternoon captured in photos below. I'll also include a photo of the back splash being installed in the kitchen. Today at Lowe's I noticed that they charge $400.00 to install 20 sq/ft of back splash in a diamond pattern. Stuff it Lowe's, we'd rather gain ourselves some sweat equity ;)

Until next time,

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Sarah

Our supplies for the afternoon........

A 'lil spray paint action in the barn. For those of you with eagle eyes, please disregard the bumper sticker on ANDREW's tractor. I begged him not to purchase.....clearly...I did not win this battle...

Close up of the seat cushion -

FINISHED PRODUCT! 

Kitchen update - Only the back splash install and crown remain ;) Andrew started the back splash, preview below!