It's been a while since I made my last contribution to this community. Things have been pretty crazy and rushed lately and I since I like to put a lot of effort into the posts where I talk about my furniture renovations, there hasn't been much time left to do that.
Today I bring you another one, this time done on an old chair that was here at home useless and begging for a makeover. I won this chair in 2020 and since then it was just sitting there, waiting for the day it would get some special attention.
A few months ago, this day arrived and I started idealizing on paper with colored pencils what I had in mind for the chair.
It's not a perfect design, but at least it gave me a north to start with and see what I wanted. Since the chair had these friezes on the front, my idea was to use them to paint the big hearts.
Drawing, even if in a crude way, helped a lot to visualize how it would look. This was actually the first renovation I did with any planning. My standard procedure is to take the brushes and let the ideas come to me while the furniture is being remodeled.
I realize now that I ended up making more videos of the chair process than photos. And I have very few pictures that detail this step by step.
But basically, I painted the chair with wood-specific pink paint with two coats. Then I drew the hearts freehand with pencil, and then filled them in with red acrylic paint. Painting the hearts was an exercise in stroke accuracy and a very therapeutic activity.
I think it is important to say that I did not buy the paints for this renovation. They were all leftovers from other projects. Since I didn't buy the chair and it was a rescue (since it was abandoned), this fun new piece of furniture cost nothing but my time and dedication.
I have been venturing more into freehand drawing. I think my skills are far from good, but I've been letting go of the idea that I need to be good at everything.
As usual I have made a lot of mess in my makeshift studio, which has now been more inhabited than ever. Paints, fabrics, craft materials and other paraphernalia used in my projects have been a constant part of the scene lately.
And also the company of my feline and canine helpers. In the photo, you can see Margarida Irene and her irresistible face.
From this angle you can better see how I took advantage of the friezes to guide the painting of the central hearts, and below you can see the final result, with the paint dry.
As I was writing this post, I noticed that I don't have many pictures of what the chair looked like before, at least not showing it in detail. But, I can tell you that it was not pretty. It was a raw wood color and was quite weather-beaten.
In the very dubious quality photo above, you can get a sense of what this piece of furniture looked like. I hope you enjoyed this "diy". See you next time!
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