When we lived in our old house, the colors of our patio furniture where all oranges and rust and reds. When we moved here, all the furniture we had didn’t quite fit the patio space, nor was I in love with the color scheme anymore. I wanted blues and greens. Since we had already either given away or sold the other outside furniture, I put the table and chairs up for sale on Craigslist and sold it within just a few hours. It was easily the fastest Craigslist sale for me, ever.
Then, I set to work finding a new set. I found this set on Craigslist.
While it looked good in the pictures on the post, in real life, it was filthy and stunk to high heaven of smoke. Ick.
It literally took me twenty to thirty minutes to clean each of the six chairs, and another hour and a half to clean the table.
I gave all the pieces a quick rubdown with sandpaper, and then painted all the pieces with Rustoleum’s Navy Blue gloss spray paint.
Love the color, which isn’t too dark, isn’t too brilliant.
After many coats of paint, I was still finding places that I missed. I guess that’s to be expected with all the knots on the chairs though. It took two days and seven cans of spray paint to finish the task, but I love the results.
Then, I set off to JoAnn Fabrics to find some fabric. Thankfully, they seem to have finally gotten some new fabrics (seems like they had the same stuff for years!), and I was able to find three color coordinated fabrics – one pattern, one solid (with texture) and one striped.
We stripped off the old fabric, both layers of them, and sprayed the cushions liberally with Febreeze. And then, after they dried, I did that last part again. Seriously, it was crazy how stinky they were. And finally, we recovered them and replaced the cushions on the chairs.
I love the finished product! Now, I have to sew new covers for the bench cushions and pillows, and the patio update will be done. Will share that as soon as I finish them.
Thanks for stopping by!
Eliesa
Marlene says
FAB-U-LOUS!!! Is there anything a can of spray paint can’t fix?
Alison @ www.pigandpaint.com says
Eliesa!! This is AMAZING!! I love what you’ve done with that patio set. What a transformation!
Tracy says
Wow, it looks so much better!! Great job Eliesa 🙂
Brandy says
OMG!!! I WANT!!!!
cindy says
I love it!!!
Scottie says
AMAZING! I love your fabric choices! I SO wish I could sew.
Bonnie says
Beautiful! I have been trying to come up with a new color to refinish my old patio set and think you just helped me to decide! What a nice refreshing change from what you see in the stores, Love it!!
Sam Stoic says
Holy shitake mushrooms, stunning work!!!!
Jocelyn says
You did such a fantastic job! I am eager to see what else you bring new life to. I love your spraypainted chair as well and sent the link to my sister.
A Pinterest Addict says
Thanks! I hope you both stop by again soon!
Kristy Swain says
Love that color! And, the fabric. That looks amazing!!
A Pinterest Addict says
Thanks, I love navy – so glad it’s coming into favor again. By the way, I tried the loyal blue for our bedroom – wayyyyy too dark for in there, but a gorgeous shade!
Jene26 says
Great work! Love this redo. I can not believe you’ve changed the table and chairs so much with just a coat of paint and some new fabric.
Alicia says
This is absolutely beautiful 🙂
A Pinterest Addict says
Thank you! 🙂
Patty says
Do you know who the manufacturer of the fabric is? We got cushions from Costco last summer in the same material and would love to cover some other chairs we have
A Pinterest Addict says
Hi Patty – I have no idea. I bought it at Joann’s Fabrics, and it’s outdoor fabric, if that helps. Sorry! I don’t have any scraps left to check it either.
suzanne says
How many yards of fabric did you need to purchase for the chairs?
A Pinterest Addict says
I don’t remember, but I would think I probably bought about 3/4 a yard for each chair since the repeat was pretty large. If the repeat is smaller, then about 1/2 a chair cushion would be fine. 🙂
Hannah says
What kind of wood is this furniture made of? You did a fantastic job It looks beautiful! 🙂
Molly says
Did you use fabric specifically for outdoors or just any fabric you liked?
Anna says
I’m getting ready to start a similar project and Am wondering how the paint job has held up. Is it hard to keep clean or mold?
Olga yuri says
Ugh!!!! I have a big PROBLEM taking out tHe cushions! They are not glue. They are nailed and can fi the screwd!!!! Please please help!!!!!