Sunday, January 16, 2011

Kitchen Chair Update

Well I finally have some projects completed and ready to share! First up...my kichen chair update!

I inherited this step stool from Grandma when we purchased the house. She has had it for years and I loved it the second I saw it. Unfortunately is was a little worse for wear and was in bad need of a update. 

Here is the before...a little ho-hum for my taste. I jazzed up for free with all the stuff I had on hand from other projects.



I took the chair apart and did my best to remember how I did so I could eventually put it back together. 

Please excuse the yucky back yard...this is our HUGE project for this summer...HUGE project! I can't wait to get started on it...well back to the project at hand...painting!

Primer...ugly red brown...yuck! See how the sun is shining here...its a gorgeous day and so on...well not 5 minutes after this picture was taken it started to rain...on my freshly spray painted chair parts! How rude is that? So this project took another day longer than expected.

I recovered the chair seat and back with some fabric I had left from my kitchen table chairs. 

Here is the finished project after a coat of green spray paint and about 4 attempts of putting it back together.

I love it...its funky...its cool...its uber cute! I wish I had done this months ago!


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Stay tuned for our office before and after...yep we finally painted the office this weekend!

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22 comments:

  1. Amanda LeeJanuary 16, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    Christy, I love how you redid this tool! I happen to be a big fan of apply greens and graphic black and white patterns. Sorry it rained on your project -- that's the kind of stuff that happens to me, too :)
    ~Amanda

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  2. The Mac's HouseJanuary 16, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    I have one like this, well except my step stool part flips out, and I'm in the process of refinishing it too. I love how yours turned out.

    :)
    Teri

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  3. Sweeter HoursJanuary 16, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    Awesome. I love redos of vintage stuff.
    Great blog!

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  4. Life In The Thrifty LaneJanuary 16, 2011 at 8:01 PM

    WOW, you did an amazing job, love the way it looks now! Thanks for stopping by today :)

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  5. UnknownJanuary 17, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    I was reading 'under the table dreaming' today and she has all these pictures of re-dos and yours is the one that just JUMPED out at me...my favorite of them all. I had to come here and tell you how much I LOVED this chair! Great job!

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  6. ShannonJanuary 17, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    LOVE the green & the black and white together! And great fabric too, it turned out really cute!

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  7. JunqueMagnetJanuary 17, 2011 at 12:55 PM

    Great fabric and I am such a fan of that shade of green.Thanks for sharing.

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  8. Kim @ A Brush of WhimsyJanuary 18, 2011 at 7:49 PM

    Looks amazing! I don't think I would have been able to put it back together! :)

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  9. AnnJanuary 19, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    Very cute! My mom has a step stool that I have been eyeing for quite sometime! You have inspired me to mention your redo to her.:o)
    Fondly,
    Ann
    @
    The Tattered Tassel

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  10. MeganJanuary 19, 2011 at 5:54 PM

    I LOVE that fabric!!! Where did you get it? I'm looking for something similar for my dining room drapes. Thanks!

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  11. UnknownJanuary 19, 2011 at 7:01 PM

    The fabric was from Joanns. I adore it...if you don't have a Joanns I would check Fabric.com they have a ton of cool options.

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2011 at 10:44 PM

    awesome job!! Love the chair! If you have a chance please come link up to handmade tuesdays @ ladybug blessings. www.ladybug-blessings.com

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  13. MelissaJanuary 25, 2011 at 4:17 AM

    I love this. The chair was so ugly before. Great Job

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  14. etgreteJanuary 28, 2011 at 12:07 PM

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  15. etgreteJanuary 28, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    I have a "high chair" (as we'd dubbed it growing up) EXACTLY like this; since getting it from my mom 2 years ago, I have been clueless as to how to update/improve it. Thanks so much for sharing! It's so helpful to know someone had such fabulous results. (I found you on Better After.)

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  16. UnknownJanuary 28, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    oh Wow! I didn't know she had posted about me! How exciting! Thank you so much! I am glad you like it. I use it daily so its awesome to have it all jazzed up now. I would love to see your update when you tackle it!

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  17. Mel PJanuary 28, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    Great job! Your chair looks fantastic. Is the previously black part on the steps rubbery? Did you just spray paint over it?

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  18. Late BloomersJanuary 29, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    I found one of these at my Salvation ARmy store on half price day for $10... so $5 and snapped it up.
    So to reupholster you have to take the whole chair apart? I just need to do some reupholstering on mine, and a quick spritz with spray paint...
    You can see it at Solongfarm.blogspot.com

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  19. Late BloomersJanuary 29, 2011 at 4:19 PM

    link to my blog about my stepstool
    http://solongfarm.blogspot.com/2010/11/things-black-and-white-doing-warm.html

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  20. UnknownJanuary 31, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    Oh how I would love to find a highchair like that to "redo"!! I love it.

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  21. Jen TMay 17, 2011 at 4:47 AM

    You are SO CLEVER!! I love this and I have a costco chair I can do this to!

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  22. StephMay 17, 2011 at 3:46 PM

    This is incredible!

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