So here’s how this project got started. I decided I wanted a vanity. I found a great buy at the Round Rock Antique Mall. It’s gorgeous and not too fru fru, in my opinion. But no chair. So the hunt was once again afoot.

Found a cute little chair at the Austin Antique Mall but it had a horrible upholstery on it and was painted a jello pudding shade of brown, to put it nicely. I already had the supplies purchased and in effect for another project, so I thought what the hell, add it to the list. Unfortunately, once I started stripping this paint I found about 4 layers underneath. I should have known better but I wasn’t thinking clearly. I was on a high from the first successful project…or the fumes.

I must interject that I finally succumbed to the strongest paint remover I could find, out of sheer desperation. However, that came at a price. My flesh. The stuff was so strong that if a tiny speck hit my skin it felt like acid eating through my flesh – not exaggerating. You know that feeling of one fire ant, then a hundred fire ants. Same feeling – times 10. I don’t recommend it – it’s the one that takes paint off in 10 minutes. Don’t get it, you’ve been warned.

THIS project quickly became known as “that damn chair”. The damn chair I loathed!!!! I finally got it down to the bare wood – minus a few spots that I just couldn’t get or just lost interest. And the staining began. It’s an ok job, lots of spots where it gunked up etc. But it serves it’s purpose.

Honestly I didn’t love it – until – the most gorgeous fabric on earth graced us with her presence. That damn chair has miraculously become the chair I love.