One of my clearest memories as a kid was seeing my grandfather carve a living room table entirely out of stone.
The memory stuck with me and, needless to say, inspired ideas for future home décor plans. I wanted to do what grandpa did — take an ordinary piece of material, spruce it up, and make it look spectacularly extraordinary.
here have been many instances where crafters have chosen to build great new furniture on their own, like this couple that built a chair out of old books, instead of spending thousands of dollars at the store for someone else to come and do it for them.instead of spending thousands of dollars at the store for someone else to come and do it for them.
Following this example, Imgur user lewilliams is the ultimate DIY project master. He took an old, shabby armchair, and very straightforwardly — yet incredibly carefully — used only a few tools to give it a completely chic and transformed look.
Read on to see how this at-home project went, and let us know what you think of the final results in the comments below!
Imgur user lewilliams bought this armchair at an estate sale a couple of years ago.
Recently, he decided that it was time to spruce up the chair's faded fabric. He didn't want to spend a fortune on reupholstering the piece, so he decided to follow a few online tutorials.
He used equal parts fabric medium, water, and acrylic craft paint to keep the painted surface relatively soft.
Thin layers of paint had to be applied, and the surface had to be sanded down after each layer. This is what the chair looked like after its second layer of paint.
After the third and fourth layers, the fabric started feeling like canvas, or the material of an outdoor cushion. At this point, he decided that he didn't like the blue hue he had picked after all...
So he went with an emerald green paint. He decided to brush on half as much of the fabric medium, and in turn, the appearance of the material transformed into more of a vinyl look.
At this stage, the paint job is pretty much complete. Just a few minor touchups, and he was good to go.
During his last trip to the store, he picked up a green paint with a satin finish, and a darker green color. The darker green was applied around the corners of the chair, and blended with the regular hue to give it an "aged leather" effect.
In the end, the new vinyl chair gave off a faint shine, but didn't look completely stiff. Even better, none of the newly applied paint has rubbed off.
This is a side-by-side comparison of the old and new chairs. Not only did the makeover give the armchair a bright new look, but it also has made the coat more durable.
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