Dining Table Makeover

Ever since I acquired a new old dining table (new because I wanted a smaller rectangular one to replace the huge oval I had and old because I bought it second hand and revamped it myself) I wanted to paint the chairs (I kept the chairs from the other one) in different colours as follows: one - left as it is; one - sanded; one - painted in white and one - painted in green. I waited for the right weather to be able to work outside and for the right mood to get sanding. The perfect day finally arrived this Thursday, taking advantage of the half term break and the sunshine.

Materials:

-sanding machine

-paints (satin white, sea moss and vert anglaise)

-brush & roller

-wax for chalk paint

Put on my summer flip-flops to get into the mood. Started with the first chair that I have sanded a few weeks ago in anticipation for the big makeover day.

Prepared a yummy brunch: French toast, homemade lemonade (lemons, limes, oranges and water, no sweetener) and fresh apricots. For the white chair, I used Wilko satin white paint for indoor wood. It is the same paint that I used for the table's legs. I haven't primed the surfaces, but I have sanded them. I applied two coats of paint using a brush.

For the second chair, I used Autentico Sea Moss paint. I also bought a small jar of Vert Anglaise, just in case I change my mind or I want to experiment with colours. As chalk paint doesn't require sanding, I didn't sand the chair but I made sure it was clean before applying the paint. I applied two coats leaving approximately two hours in between. For this chair, I used a roller to be quicker. 

In the meantime, I sanded the third chair that I wanted to leave as it was. When the green chair dried out, I applied the wax. The tree chairs are done: ta-da!

Two days later, I decided that I wanted to paint another chair with the Vert Anglais paint that I bought 'just in case'. Even though the chairs turned out exactly as I wanted, there wasn't a big difference between the 'left as it is' chair and the sanded one. I was hoping that the latter would be lighter. It took me a few hours to decide which one to paint and after covering the chairs with a dark green cloth trying to imagine what would it look like, I decided to paint the sanded one. Here are the 'making of'' and the before, after, and after-after pictures. Enjoy!