Also recently I've developed an addiction to Pinterest, which had led me into a false sense of confidence about my DIY skills. I decided that rather than get a new set, I would upcycle my old table and chairs into something very fabulous!
I went and brought some straight to rust pink paint and got to work!
1. Lots of thin layers are better than one thick layer
2. It's a good idea to cover bits that you don't want to get paint on for example, the floor, the chair seats, your clothes
3. Don't have a BBQ the day after you have painted your chairs, even if the paint does seem dry- if you have painted it too thick it's not actually dry and all your guests will get pink paint on them.
3. Don't have a BBQ the day after you have painted your chairs, even if the paint does seem dry- if you have painted it too thick it's not actually dry and all your guests will get pink paint on them.
Nether the less, I managed to get the pink paint off my guests and also found out my little corner shop sell turps so no harm done!
After a few more coats of paint I was happy with the pink, but thought the black seats looked a bit weird now (plus they were spotted with blobs of pink paint) so I decided to change the seats as well.
I'm not very confident on my sewing skills so I didn't want to recover the seats but if Pinterest has taught me anything it's that I can spraypaint the shit out of anything I want!
I'm not very confident on my sewing skills so I didn't want to recover the seats but if Pinterest has taught me anything it's that I can spraypaint the shit out of anything I want!
Unfortunately the colour I wanted was only available in teeny tiny cans instead of the normal size can so i had to buy 9 cans to finish the project!
Anyway a few lessons learned along the way but otherwise I'm pretty happy with the results and hopefully I'll get a few more years out of them and we will have lots more lovely weather so I can get good use out of them!
