Learning Process

Every time I refinish a piece, I learn something new. I could not find ivory spray paint at the NEX Depot (the "hardware" store on base that carries american products) So I took a chance and bought some italian spray paint out in town. This may not seem like a big deal, but italian paint is much different than american paint. Let me tell you, it takes waaaaay more cans to finish a project with italian spray paint. For this project alone, I used 5 cans of paint.

I received these great chairs for free from a friend that was moving. Her family had used them outside on her porch, so they were a little beat up and she was going to throw them away. I immediately fell in love with their structure and just knew I could use them for something. Jake's parents recently gave us their old, solid oak table (future blog post on that when I get around to it). It's a 12 seater and they only had 6 chairs, so I thought these would be perfect for the ends of the table.

Okay. I won't keep you waiting any longer.
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And after:

I put plastic over the seats so my children would not destroy them. And don't look too closely. I'm still getting use to the paint here, so the finish isn't the best. Looking into getting an air compressor so i can use a paint sprayer.

Also, sorry for the bad pictures. Our nice camera just broke (8 months after we bought it. urgh) and we are hoping to get it fixed asap. 

Thanks for reading!