Folding Chair Makeover Chair Redo Diy Chair Card Table Makeover Card Tables Extra Seating Diy Home Cute Ideas Amazing Ideas Forwards I want to get some of these old chairs, redo them and have them around for extra seating - so much easier than the big bulky chairs and more fun too - An easy way to revamp any tired old chair! Painting Patio Furniture Metal Patio Furniture Furniture Care Furniture Redo Painted Furniture Spray Painting Metal Diy Painting How To Paint Outdoor Projects Forwards If you want to paint outdoor furniture with slings this step by step photo tutorial will ensure you get a factory like finish | One of my favorite past-times is to make over something, especially with paint. I’m a sucker for any activity involving a paint brush. This mission to redecorate involved my balcony, a lovely space I consider as another room in my home. The issue: the colors of my patio furniture no longer coordinated with the colors in my living room. I like to coordinate the colors in each of my rooms to create a sense of flow.

They aren’t all decorated in the same colors, but they do each share a common color. I chose to extend this decor flow out to my balcony. Several years ago, I scored a couple of outdoor sling chairs from Walmart for my balcony. They’re made of mesh and are fairly comfy, and were a decent golden yellow, not too bright like a lot of patio furniture. At the time, these warm colors matched well with the purples I had in my living room. Then last year, I tried working with the yellow and incorporated it into my indoor color scheme of turquoise and red. I sewed pillow shams and painted a lotus design to tie the colors together. I dug the gold/turquoise/red color scheme, but I just didn’t love it. So, I decided to coordinate ALL the colors on my balcony to those in my living room, which now includes mint green and makeover those yellow chairs: The new color is also great because I can mix and match decor between the living room and balcony. There’s no tutorial since it was a pretty easy process.

*I selected latex indoor paint to paint only the mesh— Pale Jade by Glidden. I bought a quart in eggshell and ended up using about 2/3 of the can. *I painted one coat on the front side of the mesh. After letting this dry overnight, I painted a second coat on the backside. After this dried overnight, I painted another coat on the front, to ensure thorough coverage. The latex paint worked much better for covering the mesh than the spray-paint… but because it covered it so well, the weave of the mesh is no longer open. (I’ll report back later on whether this matters in terms of ventilation and comfort.) Here’s a closer shot of a chair along with a pillow sham I sewed to make over my pillows. I fell in love with the teal batik fabric at first sight. The pattern is perfect and summery. Have you made over your patio, balcony, deck or other outdoor space on the cheap? How did you do it? What’s your favorite method of revamping decor?You guys remember me talking about our “lovely” patio furniture in this post, right?…

Well, it’s about to get a serious facelift! wooden rocking chair oakWe’ve had this set since we lived in our apartment. buy and sell mobility chairsDown the road, we’d like to get a new set of outdoor furniture (maybe something like this), but until then, we decided to spruce up what we have. cheap high chair perthThe set has held up really, really well and is still like brand new! banquet chair covers $1On the other hand, the orangey-beige wasn’t working for us and definitely not getting along with our bricks. where to buy tanning chairs

So, it needed a facelift. For this transformation, we turned to our favorite tool and the easiest and fastest way to transform virtually anything… spray paint! armchairs for sale in singaporeThe patio furniture is made out of plastic-ish resin that looks and feels a ton like wicker. swivel chair for home officeWe wanted to make sure the paint would adhere to the wanna-be-wicker surface, so we chose Rust-Oleum’s Ultra Cover Primer to get things started. cheap scandinavian armchairThe can says it covers plastic and wicker, so we were in good shape. salon chair rental costsAs for the top coat/color, we went with Rust-Oleum’s Painter’s Touch in Satin Espresso.

Both the primer and the paint cans say one can equals two. Knowing that we have a lot of “wicker” to spray paint, we had hopes of this feature helping us out in the long run. First, we removed dust, dirt and any various “outdoor residue” from the furniture by spraying it down with the water hose and dried them off with a “project towel”. Once everything was dry, it was time for primer! The primer went on really well and took a lot less time than we expected (yay for time savers!). Almost two cans later, the furniture was all primed! We let it dry for about an hour and moved on to the Espresso. Now, this step seemed like it took foooooorever. The wicker-esque furniture has a bajillion tiny grooves and crevices that can be seen from pretty much any angle. Just when you think you have a piece finished, you look at it from another angle and you see a sea of the original orangey-beige. Now and then, we had to just step away from it for a few minutes to get a different perspective – and to give our hands a rest.

When it was all said and done, we emptied 5 cans of spray paint. Good thing this paint has double coverage, right? About an hour after the last coat, the furniture was dry enough to handle – but still not quite dry enough to sit on. I couldn’t resist bringing all the pieces over their new resting place in the carport. We played around with a few arrangements but kept on coming back to having the love seat centered on the fireplace wall facing the two chairs and side table with the coffee table in the middle. Truth be told, I’ll probably switch it up about a hundred times before we’re ready to style and prettify everything. Ahh, I can’t wait to get some color in here!!! Did you notice the new outdoor rug? We picked up this 8’x11′ bad boy at Target (this one). I really like how it’s neutral enough to go with pretty much any style and blends in nicely with the concrete floors (which we’re plaining on refinishing a little later down the road) without being too “bam!

Though the color is great, the selling point (for me) was the herringbone detail on the edges making the rug a perfect marriage of modern and neutral. The rug immediately helped break up the sea of concrete and defined a designated seating area. It still has some waves in it here and there from being rolled up in the store for so long, but those will fall out within time. Oh, while we’re talking about the great outdoors, we upgraded our water hose with this fancy shamcy one from Home Goods (for only $12!) and also installed a new hose holder from Lowe’s (this one). Now we just need to do something this that big ugly box known as the air conditioner. Yeah, I can’t live without it, but it sure is ugly to look at. It’s a pretty old unit, yet still works really well, but when it dies and goes to Air Conditioner Heaven, we’re going to install the new one on the side of the house where it can’t be seen from the patio. So, Phase 2 of the patio makeover is now complete! We’re one step closer to enjoying the upcoming Virginia fall weather out in the new carport turned patio.