Global Change & The Painted Chair

Since we have returned from our vacation I seem to only have time to do small projects, I am just so busy doing everything else!  UGH, one really needs a vacation after your vacation!!  Right?

I purchased the globes from Michale's a few months back, I thought they would look perfect in out rec room since I decorated it with a global/map/building theme (trust me it all goes well together) I will post some pictures of this room at a later time.

For the pedestals I used some old brass candlestick holders, I bought these at a thrift store for $1.00 for 5 of them.  I needed to cut off the part that would have held the candle so I grabbed a serrated knife and went to work~it worked beautifully!  Next I painted them a bronze color =0( (sorry no pictures).  I then needed to drill a small hole big enough for me to stick them onto the base of the pedestal and a little dab of glue~AND~
                                                                  Here they are!

                                                                   COOL RIGHT?~
Oh, as you can see I did not use the blue globe that you see in the first picture. Instead I had one on a book end that I took apart & used that I liked the colors much better than the blue one.
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                                                                  The Painted Chair

I always prayed for a new way to cover older furniture, because I am just not risky enough to use craft paint with a fabric medium although I have seen some amazing pictures of sofas & chairs painted in this manner.  I am afraid I would mess up so bad & there was NO turning back.  I admire people that take the plunge and 'just do it", you brave, brave souls~

                     This is MY vanity chair and I use it almost everyday when I apply my makeup.

I liked it, I even liked the color, but with 2 little ones running around with dirty fingers at times, it was showing some wear and I was not able to remove some of the stains no matter how hard I  scrubbed~

So I went to one of  my favorite stores Hobby Lobby and purchased 2 cans of this fabric paint in sable brown~
I bought 2 cans because I was not sure what kind of coverage I was going to get & it is better to be safe than sorry~RIGHT?

This is what she looks like now~ It came out really well and I think I achieved pretty good coverage except I think I need to do some touch ups in some places as I am still able to see some stubborn stains that just refuse to be covered~

 I was already thinking of how my sofa & chairs would look painted, but I am not so sure if I am brave enough to do it, especially since they are in great condition.  Would you?

Here is an up close picture of the seat, which I think came out the best, perfect I would say.  It looks like some rich chocolate don't you think~ I am so happy that I tried this, the bad thing is, I want to paint everything now, just like my mommy would want to! She loved to paint~
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