From Dull to Dazzling

I bought these chairs last year on Craigslist. They matched my quilt in my bedroom and they were okay. While hubby is gone, I decided to redo the bedroom a little. I bought a new quilt with beautiful tones of blue. I decided the chairs just weren't doing it anymore. Since I painted my first chair a while ago, I decided to try the other technique from Kristy at Hyphen Interiors. You can find that tutorial Here. I used the dark teal the blue mixed equally to get a beautiful marine blue that is in my quilt. These chairs have a velvety feel and the spray paint with a some water covered really well and the chair texture was virtually unchanged after a little sanding and just running your hand and a wet sponge over them.  I love the color.

These are the 2 colors I used

The bottom is done with the new and you can see the contrast

Here is one done side by side

Another shot

I love the new color, much more eye-catching than the old dull blue. I have since painted the wood white and distressed it using ASCP.

 I hope you like and try this technique because it is awesome.