Chalk Paint Make-Over

Hello Darlings,

 We wanted to share one of our recent projects with you guys, and spent less than $10 doing it!

Materials:

• 2 old chairs 
• chalk paint 
• fabric softener 
• gold glaze paint

The chairs were from an old living room set that were currently being used for a coat rack, and random household items. They had a flat fabric with a green and beige striped design. We did not want to spend a lot of money on them and had seen my mom re-do a couple of chairs in her living room with chalk paint so we decided to give it a try. For the chalk paint we used the brand from Wal-Mart called Waverly, in the color Ballet Slipper, and emptied the whole bottle into an old yogurt container. Then we mixed 1 cup of fabric softener into the paint (this will help the paint to not have that hardened feel to it after it dries). You can use any type of softener, but for this project we had Downy in our laundry room, so that is what we used. After you mix the two ingredients you are ready to paint your fabric! Honestly, one coat of paint covered the original pattern on the chairs, but just to be on the safe side, we gave it two coats. For the glaze on the wooden trim of the chairs we used a gold glaze paint that had been in our work room for forever (so old the label was gone), but you can use any other chalk paint, or any gold paint that you like. 

And that's it, the chairs were done and ready to work! 

P.S.If you are considering trying this, we recommend you testing this project out on a scratch piece of fabric, one similar to the one you will be painting, just to see how you will like it. Add more or less fabric softener to your paint depending on how soft you want the fabric, and most importantly have fun (cliche, but true)!

XOXO,

It's Vintage Darling