Back in the summer Antonios mom was having a yard sale, I picked this little guy out of the load just to play around with and see what I could do...
I wish I had taken a before picture but to try to give you a visual it was a medium colored wood with a hunter green colored seat. Luckily I did not have to sand this one, so i removed the seat with a screw driver and began priming it with Rust-oleum brand primer . I have not had much experience yet with primer or spray paint except rust-oleum which I get at home depot and it seems to work and cover really well. I primed the entire piece outside (or in a well venilated area) and let it dry over night, you really do not need to wait that long but I decided to start this project at like 8 pm one evening. I think you can wait about an hour depending on the temperature the warmer it is the quicker it dries. Then I painted the piece with white pray paint and let that dry about an hour. After that I wanted to give this bench a little bit of a distressed look so I took a piece of 80 grit sand paper which is the roughest sand paper (although I dont think i really needed it th paint seemed to rub off very easily its just all I had, but if you have a lighter piece maybe a grit or 2 lighter that should still do the job) and rubed parts of the piece where I thought would look best which was along the edges. The actual bench itself was done it really was only a 2 step simple project. The hard part was the seat. I kept the original piece of wood which made it a little easier but if you have to completly replace the seat it is easiest to keep the original to use as a template for the new one. I went to joAnn and found this print which was on sale because I got 2 yard for like $1.00! then I went over to the foam and got a roll which im not sure how much it was but the lady forgot to ring me up for it ;) I FELT BAD BELIEVE ME! but i did not realize it until i got home I always do that I need to pay more attention when I check out places because I have been over and under charged so many times and never noticed until I got home. So anyways.... after I got home I layed the foam over the seat and measured how big I needed to cut the foam then I folded the 2 yards in half and kept it that way to double up on the fabric then I layed the seat on the ground then the foam on top of that in place then the fabric on top of the foam in place how I wanted it. After it looked the way i wanted it to look I pulled one side and stapled it down then with the other side I pulled pretty hard to make it nice and tight and stapled that side then went around the entire seat and just kept tuggin and stapling! ( u may need 2 people) you need to tug pretty hard. After the fabrick was all stapled down I flipped it over and for the moment it is just sitting on top in the picture and actually still is I need to attach it I think i might try Antonios glue he uses for his construction work maybe? So here is the finished product I promise now that I know Im going to be blogging i will have before after and even during pictures to give a better understanding and explantion of future projects.
