Patio Chairs Painted

My husband and I purchased our first home back in February and it's been a learning experience. You see I have all these wonderful ideas for our new home, both the inside and outside. What can I say I’m your typical woman, I want my home to be my safe haven, a place I can relax and be cozy in all while looking like the inside of a Home and Garden Magazine.

When I tell my husband about all of these brilliant ideas I have for our home and expanding the deck, remodeling the basement, adding a family room with a fireplace, I can start to see the wheels turning in his head. I can see the aesthetics of the home and the finished results, whereas he sees dollar signs. So deciding to meet in the middle and not put us through the ringer with my very expensive home remodel projects that are coming out lovely by the way, at least in my head, I've decided to start with smaller ideas.

I found these Adirondack plastic patio chairs on a Facebook Upcycle. Not going to lie I was pretty excited especially considering I paid $7.50 a chair and when I looked to buy them brand new they ran about twenty dollars apiece so yay for savings. They were this blah tannish color, no big deal nothing a little paint can fix right? When I originally took on this project I thought I was going to have to sand these chairs down to get the paint to stick but my husband said that it wasn't that big of a deal and to just scrub them really good. The end result came out pretty great if you ask me.

I love the color and am now contemplating painting our window shutters this color. I have finished 2 out of 4 chairs so the other 2 will probably be my project for this weekend. The steps I followed for this project are below. Hope you find something fun to paint!

Step 1:Lay some plastic on the floor or the area you are spraying. Be sure to be mindful of where you will do this due to the over spray. I did the chairs in our garage because the wind blows like crazy where we live.

Step 2:Scrub the chairs down with dish soap, rinse and let dry. I used Dawn because it removes a great majority of grease. (Don’t know if I really have to state the obvious but don’t do this in the area where you will be painting)

Step 3:Place chairs upside down and got to town on spray painting. Just kidding, you should probably read the directions on the can first and spray in an even manner. I used Classic Navy Satin Protective Enamel Spray Paint. Let chair dry for about an hour or two before flipping it right side up.

Step 4:Spray the chair in an even manner and let dry. Repeat step 3 and 4 a few times that way your color really pops.

Step 5:Let dry a good 24 hours before sitting in them or as per the directions on the can.

*** Probably a good idea to use closed toe shoes and long pants, I finished the project looking like a smurf. ***:

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