Wednesday, November 2, 2011

It´s Pinterest Challenge Time!!!

For the second time this year Katie Bower and Sherry and John Petersik invited all of the DIY-bloggers out there to participate in the Fall Edition of the Pinterest Challenge.
Well, at first I was up for the challege, but had no clue what to work on..... Until Friday evening, when my older neighbour came over and asked me, if I was interested in a little wooden chair for our son. Sure I was.
Off she went to get the little stool from her basement and came back with this:


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Here is a snip from my `Boy´s Room` Pinterest board:


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As you can see, I decided on making a little time-out-chair from my neighbour´s gift.
I had to think for a while about what I would do exactly with this chair, but then decided on using a bit of an Ikea curtain found a few months ago at the `as is` section for $3.00.
Here is the fabric with all the other supplies I got for about $10.00 at the hardware store:

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I started by detaching the ´pretty´ peach colored seat from the 80s:

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Then I lightly sanded the wood:

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After that I used spray-primer (especially since this was the first time I ever used this brand of spray-paint).

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While the spray-paint was drying, I worked on covering the seat with new fabric.

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Just make sure you have a bit of fabric overlapping on each side.
Once that was done, I started giving my chair two light coats of blue spray-paint.

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         (This was after the first coat)

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Here you can see the chair coming together, but maybe you can also see from the picture that the white primer was coming through the blue. I decided to let the paint cure over night and to get on another 1 or 2 coats the next day. (Yes, I had to go out and buy another bottle of spray for that plan).
Once all that was done and the paint had time to dry another night, I reattached the seat to the base. Ready for the small reveal?
Here is the chair before and after:

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How cute is that? For sure this chair is going to fit right in with the color scheme I have in mind for my son´s room. Here is another close-up of the seat:

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For sure I love how the chair turned out and the Pinterest Challenge is accomplished :).

Linked up at the Pinterest Challenge, November Before and After Party, Frugal Friday and Show and Share Day.

8 comments:

  1. Mission accomplished! It looks great! I love the colors you chose for the chair!

    This is what I worked on last night: http://www.compartmentlife.com/2011/11/the-pinterest-challenge-fall-2011-toilet-paper-or-art/

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  2. Thank you for stopping by. I am very happy about the results too.

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  3. Wow, you are so clever. I will have to check out your other pins and see what other Pinteresting things you have found.

    I have posted about a yummy salad recipe that I had pinned so if you have 5 Minutes to spare please pop by! I would be honoured if you could also link up your post to my weekly Pinterest Linky Party as this post is just fabulous! I have also created a Pinning Bloggers Master List at my blog that you might be interested in joining.

    Best wishes and happy pinning!
    Natasha @ 5 Minutes Just for Me

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  4. Here from YHL...

    I LOVE THIS IDEA! Thanks for sharing. I need a timeout chair for my 16 month old and this idea is perfect. I will be hunting around good will for the perfect chair. Good work

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  5. I love the colors you used, it turned out great! I think I'll be needing a time-out chair within the next year, thanks for the inspiration!

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  6. hi! i love it! nice fabric you have here. I'm your newest follower. see more often in our so called blog world.

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  7. Hey, thanks for "joining" my blog. The fabric is from Ikea´s kiddo section.

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  8. This is so cute, bright, fun! Don't you just love cheap projects? I would love if you could share at my cheap finds and transformations party, just so cute! I'll include the link in case you're interested. Have a fab weekend! http://www.thescottscrib.com/2012/03/lathriftas-cheap-finds-and.html

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