This old dining chair has been in the family for over 70 years.
It has worn its natural varnished oak, and it's been dressed up in white and then grey chalk paint in a French Country style, with the seat fabrics changing from tapestry, to butterfly embossed linen, then to tropical palms.
But now it is time for yet another upcycle!
But this time we will be completely funking up the colour palette.
This chair is going to be painted bright banana yellow.
The reason is:
My kitchen where this chair will reside is black and white.
There is a lot of black and white artwork on the walls.
I have a lot of art in my kitchen.
Think 'Kitchen Art Gallery'.
It's contemporary.
But that works well with this room's size and electric mix of furniture.
But that is another blog post where I will be writing about the other furniture and why I styled the room this way.
There are pops of yellow here and there and a touch of green too.
So back to the chair.
Here's the before photo.
The yellow paint was applied.
Then it was a serious matter of 'careful what you wish for!'
The yellow was BRIGHT!
(It looked good on the paint swatch!)
I had my little OMG moment.
Then sanded and repainted it adding white paint to the original yellow.
Better?
Maybe?
The yellow now has a lime-green undertone. Eeek!
I thought, well it will grow on me!
But it didn't!
Don't you love it when plans go wrong?
A hint of sarcasm there!
So then I added orange to the said paint.
Sanded and repainted yet again.
The seat was recovered with a cushion cover I already had in my stash.
Removing the layers of fabric and staples took some work before the new fabric was stapled on.
To become a yellow tropical-themed funky kitchen chair.
The chair now has a new lease on life once more.
And it may well last another 70 years with all that paint holding those joints together!
Though it is very likely in time the colour on this chair may change yet again.
The potplant in the photograph is a Spider Plant, and you can find out all about them HERE.
I love how the chair colour picks up the yellow tones in some of the smaller artworks.
Like this memorial watercolour, I painted of my sweet Maltese Gracie, who has been over the Rainbow Bridge for many years.
You'll find this artwork as a print and on other giftware HERE.
