One of my favorite activities on Sunday night is to drive around town and see if anyone is getting rid of anything good. I don’t do it every Sunday, but if we are driving around doing errands I always sneak a peak and see what my neighbors are tossing to the curb.
Last Sunday I found a chair that looked like it had seen better days. First off it was covered in wet dirt, then it was full of rust spots and it was a bit wobbly, but I saw potential and it came home with me.
Here are the steps we took when we came home to get it picture perfect:
1. We cleaned it off with Ajax. It helped remove alot of the rust stains.
2. We then sanded the chair to get it primed for spray paint. We also used the sandpaper to get rid of the rust stains on the metal legs.
3. Since it was windy outside we didn’t want to spray paint the chair outdoors and have dust particles or dirt get stuck in the paint. We took some plastic tarps we already had and tented up an area in our basement shop area and we were ready to spray without covering the whole room in white!
4. We then used 1 can of Rustoleum white spray paint. In between coats of spray paint we would check it see if areas needed more sanding to get an even coat.
5. Voila! That’s it. It was a super easy project. Especially for me, because all the “we’s” I wrote about were actually my hubby. It was done rather quickly and for only around $5-$10 bucks depending on what supplies you already own. I now have a new chair that I love, but I still need to find a permanent space for it in my home.
Here is a close up shot:
I didn’t have any luck yesterday in finding any treasures, but as the weather continues to get nicer and more people start getting into spring cleaning mode I’m sure there will be more items that I will being doing a quick drive-by in order to pick it up without drawing too much attention to myself.
Do any of the items in your house have the same story of my chair? Take a seat and share.
WOW, it looks great!!! What a great find! I’m so glad you included all the steps on what you did…I’m totally clueless with this sort of thing, but am always on the look out for my own treasures!
what an awesome transformation- I LOVE that chair. I’m going to make my boyfriend take me around the city to see what trash finds I can score this week- beautiful chair!
Love it! Great find!! I was on a run last week and saw this seriously incredible round coffee table on the side walk. Unfortunately I was still about 3 miles from our house and by the time I got home and drove back to pick it up, the table had been snatched up already! I was so bummed. Glad to see the curb-side furniture gods were smiling on you this week! 🙂
the best thing is that you did something with it right away-I no longer welcome “project furniture” in my life unless I have a plan that I can execute within 36 hours!
Camila!!!!! oh my goodness thank you SOOOO much for the flowers!!! 🙂 you made my day & you are just too freaking sweet!!!! awwww huge hug. you're the best. Thank you sooooo much- I don't deserve you!! haha xoxo
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Oh Em Eff Gee!! That looks sooooo good! You constantly amaze me!! What a find!!
yep, lots of trash to treasures here. I love your find!
It would look sweet in your office!
Ok…I’m beyond jealous! Fantastic!
WOW, it looks great!!! What a great find! I’m so glad you included all the steps on what you did…I’m totally clueless with this sort of thing, but am always on the look out for my own treasures!
Ah!!! Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks amazing! 🙂 🙂
Looks amazing!!!!! I’m super impressed!!!
We don’t have too many things like that- except for a certain rocking horse that a certain Aunt Camila picked up for Kaitlyn!
What a great find. You have an eye for turning drab to fab !
UGHHHHHHHHHHHH! that looks freaking amazing!
Great job on the chair – looks perfect!
Love a found object of desire. A little face-lift and ‘presto-change-o’
look what you have!
Why can’t I find any good trash?? The chair looks great!
what an awesome transformation- I LOVE that chair. I’m going to make my boyfriend take me around the city to see what trash finds I can score this week- beautiful chair!
Great find!
Love it! Great find!!
I was on a run last week and saw this seriously incredible round coffee table on the side walk. Unfortunately I was still about 3 miles from our house and by the time I got home and drove back to pick it up, the table had been snatched up already! I was so bummed.
Glad to see the curb-side furniture gods were smiling on you this week! 🙂
so fun. i love from trash to treasure. great job!!!
That is such a great chair! Love all these makeovers that so many bloggers do, it’s so inspirational!
You have vision!
the best thing is that you did something with it right away-I no longer welcome “project furniture” in my life unless I have a plan that I can execute within 36 hours!
LOVE it!!! too cute
thanks so much for your mssg- i’ll give you a call tmrw when i’ve cleared my head. xoxo
Great find! I love the outcome 🙂
Camila!!!!! oh my goodness thank you SOOOO much for the flowers!!! 🙂 you made my day & you are just too freaking sweet!!!! awwww huge hug. you're the best. Thank you sooooo much- I don't deserve you!! haha
xoxo
it looks great! I also love finding trash and making it fancy! girl after my own heart!!!
wow!! love it!
Love it!! Great find and nice job!
WOW! Looks fab!!
How much fun is that! Woo Hoo!
LOVE it!