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French Bleu

January 21, 2013 Rachel 8 Comments

I found a couple of great pieces of furniture this past week at a thrift store. Among them was this cute chair! Solidly built and not wobbly! Two wins!

I decided to do my version of the painting technique Miss Mustard Seed did on a french chair makeover.
 I used 2 coats of Provence, then dry brushed the entire thing with a 4:1 Old White with French Linen mix, then dark waxed the entire thing, then used 60 grit sandpaper to expose some of the wood.
(Please forgive the graininess of the pictures! My iphone doesn’t do this piece justice, and I’m kicking myself I don’t have my camera fixed yet!)

The upholstery fabric I found at Joanns in their home decorator collection and it reminded me of a grain sack, but with light aqua stripes… the perfect match for this chair!
It has amazing texture and a genuine french antique look to it. I’m itching to try it again on a pair of curvy  french chairs… if only I could find some!

Happy Monday everyone!

update: This piece sold in the first 3 hours at the shop!

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  1. Kim says

    January 26, 2013 at 3:15 am

    Wow!!! I love how this chair turned out! So cute!

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  2. House Crazy in Michigan! says

    January 26, 2013 at 1:02 pm

    Popped over from MMM. WOWSA…how did you get that gorgeous painted texture? PLEASE share…your brush, your technique etc. Was tis cross painting (like making “x”s? This texture is to die for!! Please write a blog post about how you did this….pretty please?

    Small House / Big Sky Donna / White Oak Studio Designs / SW Michigan
    Hand-Painted Vintage Furniture Transformations
    Blog: http://smallhouseunderabigsky.wordpress.com
    Facebook: donnaallgaierlamberti@facebook.com (for portfolio of chalk painted work)

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  3. June G. says

    January 26, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    Beautiful!! Provence is now on my list to add to my supply! Thanks for sharing and the tip on the fabric at Joann’s.

    June G.

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  4. Beth@Makemeprettyagain says

    January 29, 2013 at 3:10 am

    Love this color! Thanks for the how-to! I have a mahogany buffet that I wanted to do in something other than plain old white. This would be perfect!

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  5. Mary@cottagepaints says

    January 29, 2013 at 3:25 pm

    Thanks for sharing your tips! 🙂

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  6. Mary@cottagepaints says

    January 29, 2013 at 3:30 pm

    Just a thought but one thing I don’t like about AS dark wax is that it is brown and I want a grey…i see on your picture you mixed to get it…

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  7. Bettsi McComb says

    February 16, 2013 at 12:13 am

    Oh my goodness! That is just gorgeous!

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  8. Glen says

    February 21, 2013 at 9:02 am

    It’s Beautiful Antiques Furniture

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