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Patrick and I sitting on the couch before the new owners took it away...
This couch began as a dinge-y green upholstered thing. I told Patrick I wanted to paint it with semi-gloss latex and he looked at me like I was nuts. He told me it wouldn't work, it would just soak up the paint.
We all know what happens when someone tells us something can't be done...it took almost three gallons, and at one point I worried that he might be right - but by the third gallon, I knew this project would be a success!
It dried like vinyl, totally waterproof and scrubable. I think I just invented the word srubable! Anyway, Patrick must have been impressed because next thing I knew he started painting the mariachi guys on it.
I love it when I'm right :-)
When my sister & I opened our Studio we used refinished chairs from yard sales. I scored a set of upholstered dining chairs & nobody thought they would work out. "The Crafty Chica did it" I told them, and now those chairs are some of the most popular seats in the Studio!
ReplyDeleteAWESOME!! I have old kitchen chairs and I am going to paint them, soon, one day! I bought the paint I just need to set aside the time! Can't wait!
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