Well we are all very good…we had a little holiday last week and drove a couple hours north from our old place and spent a just lovely time in the uber-fabulous winter weather that we’ve been having here.
Getting back here this Monday morning and having packed two of the Beach Cottage Crew off to school I am itching to get some projects done…I am telling you people I have MySweetSavannah’s ideas and chalkboard paint on my mind like mad and have been stomping around this cottage looking for a suitable wall to attack… more on that soon.
And I got going on this old chair, remember the one I found on that day of junking all by itself on the side of the road?
Now I debated whether or not to paint this or indeed whether I should perhaps waver from my tried and tested beach vintage decorating forumula of white and move on perhaps to off-white, haha, no, a rather brighter colour to jazz up this old place?
But of course, you know me and with all that colour the other day from the aqua lol, I went for white and as soon as I did it I regretted it and no not because of the colour palette but more because I believe I should have left her in her beaten-up state she was pretty good shabby…
Here in as-found state and just about to be hit with the detergent…
So that’s another lesson for me, to really think before slap
But as you can see she was filthy..much dirtier than this picture shows and I felt needed to be cleansed.
A funny thing happened with this before it was given the Beach Cottage treatment…the Saturday night following picking it up, we had friends coming over…so of course, the cottage was cleaned within an inch of its life, cupboards were stuffed with crapola, things were stashed behind the sofa but all on deck was clean and calm.
When they arrived, the cottage was filled with the aroma of a couple of roast chickens anointed with oil, garlic and herbs in the oven, wine, for those who partake, was chilling nicely and a brie was happily toasting in its box to tempt us…
And this chair had somehow dodged the Beach Cottage Cleanathon and was left in the Sitting Room still in its squalid state, but with the candles and lamps and general low lighting all around one could not ahem see that it should not be sat on.
And so one of our guests with rather light coloured trousers sat on and more got comfortable on and more commented on our lovely new chair!
Eeek.
Mr Beach Cottage thought twice about mentioning that in fact it was covered in grime and I spluttered on my Peroni checking out the rather expensive pants and knowing the grunge on the chair would be marking it.
And so my dear Beach Cottagers we let it be and let our guest squander in the dirt of the chair…hoping to ply them with enough tipples that years-of-dirt-on-white-pants would not indeed effect our friendship.
And so back to the chair, halfway through I kicked myself for my painting blunder and though for sure it was looking pretty happy with it’s freshness I decided that I must leave something of the old lady behind.
And so I left the legs shabby…
But now I am wondering quite what this chair is because with two funny cream front legs and the rest white it looks almost like this is an amalgamation of chairs…the front legs look like a different era to the back…..do you think so too?
After noticing this, I turned it over and after much examination and debate between most of the BC household we believe that these are in fact the original legs…
but now I am unsure as to whether they should be left or zapped??
And so my question for you this fine day, as it seems I do actually listen to what you guys think which is Mr Beach Cottage says a miracle, is
shall I paint front legs white?
or clean up, sandpaper attack and leave as be?
OK, that’s it from me, I am outta here looking for a wall to chalkboard and ready and waiting with that white paint…
i say strip her down to the bare wood and see what she looks like and then go from there. i think a roughed up wood would look good with all of the white and break it up a bit. if it doesn’t look good like that then maybe break out that aqua color you used on the bedroom nightstand. happy project experimenting!
looks like we all have differing opinions! i think you shoudl make the front legs match- paint them as well. then distress it and rough it up and you could either put a warm golden oak stain over it to achieve close to the look it had, or a nice gray weathered wash would look nice, too.
FIRST of all…how weird is it that you have already sent the kids off to school Monday morning – I haven’t even gone to bed Sunday night yet! Lol!
Anyway, I’m torn on the chair. (Love it, by the way!) I didn’t notice it until you pointed it out but the white body with the cream legs would drive me bonkers! But, I do like that they are “vintage-y” and distressed…hmm…I guess I’m not much help, am I?
Side note, though, HILARIOUS story about the guy in the light pants sitting on the dirty chair….poor fellow!
This may be a wacky idea but paint the legs the same color. Then take the aqua color and mix it with your white and do a splatter over the white chair with the aqua/white mixture. It might give it that new/old vintage look and something very interesting.
I would paint the legs white to match the rest and then attack the whole thing with sandpaper. There’s my 2 cents worth!
I love the chair and especially those exceptionally curvy legs.
Cindy S
I would paint those legs white and then distress the whole chair. Every time I would look at that chair, those off color legs would jump out at me. The legs are gorgeous and painting and distressing a little more the whole chair would tie the whole chair together better. In the 70′s I had an old cupboard that had layers of paint on it. Back then everyone would remove all the paint and refinish a piece to it’s original finish. Oh what I would not give to have that old chippy white cupboard today. It now sits in my dining room in it’s like new finish. I think it might be getting a coat of paint in the near future!!!
Paint it white. It looks funny a different color because the front legs are different from the back. Since the legs are different, they should be the same color to give it some continuity. At the present time, it looks like someone stuck these two new legs on the front of this modern chair. Also, I’d love to see a single letter monogram in black or grey perhaps on the top back of the chair.
I am going with the majority opinion. Now that you’ve started, I think you should finish the legs (I think it looks great, actually) and then maybe distress all over if you still feel inclined.
‘Good moaning’?? Is that a particularly Pommie expression I’m unfamiliar with??
I did a big white paint up recently see here http://fivebrothersonesister.blogspot.com/2010/07/white-washed.html
I actually was going to paint a chair that I’ve had for years white ( it used to belong to my grandparents) then I was in the solicitor’s office and he has two chairs the same and we were talking about the chair, apparently they are from America and are quite rare- now I’m not game to paint it white!
But back to your chair- I wouldn’t strip it – too much work, finish the legs white and distress.
Sarah I’m with everyone else on this one….paint them white and then give it some of your magic ‘distress’ treatment
I picked up an old child’s desk and chair on the weekend that made my hubby cringe…it’s gorgeous and chippy and WHITE…..I found myself thinking ‘ ooh Sarah and her follower’s would so get my wanting to rescue this beauty …..what do husband’s know anyway, hehe.
Oh, Sarah…your chair story sounds like something that would happen at my house…only here it would probably be the chair I forgot to de-fur of Max’s kitty fur prior to guest arriving. LOL
You find the best goodies when you go thrifting!
XO
Susan
I say give those old girls(the front legs) a good coat of your magic white paint too! Then I think she might look good in your bedroom with a stack a books on the seat or jug with flowers.
Hehe!!! ‘Good Moaning’ is said with a really bad french accent I believe? Lol
Nice find Sarah, I have 4 chairs like this and the front legs are fancy while the back legs are plain and all legs are totally original. I say paint them white to match the rest and distress.
lol that chair story is funny.
Chalkboard yay I wish I had a wall but alas I have wallpaper instead BUT I have a painted hot water cupboard door in my kitchen and in the first week of the holidays I bought chalkboard paint. Now I just need time to do it, work really gets in the way of my creativity.
i think you’ve gone nearly the whole way hon- you either need to keep going….or strip it all off and have another peroni and a think about how to tackle it again…..
Ok Sezzo,
I seem to be going against the trend here, but I think you should leave them… it’s quirky and as they are the original I think it would be a nice tribute, seeing as the rest got ‘slapped’ with the white paint already!!
Have a good one…
I’ve missed something big time…. why did you ditch the aqua idea….. that chair might look amazing as a distressed aqua over white… just to throw that about. Otherwise paint the legs white. I liked the funny trousers story….
Susan :)
You must paint it all the same I say. Otherwise it looks like you ran our of paint! I think it looks fine white, but glaze it if you want some of the details to pop out. You wouldn’t want to paint it aqua would you???????? I would! Or maybe just the panel, kinda two toned like the chest in the bedroom? and perhaps a ring or two on the legs? Just thinkin..
I love the idea of painting aqua over the white and then distressing it so a lot of the white shows through. But if you don’t want the aqua then I think painting the legs white and then distressing the whole thing would be great too.
i think you should leave it i think it is fabolus and it just lends to the character of the chair and everyone needs a little shabby in their life! thats how i feel! i like things out of character and chippy and shabafabolicious!!!! lol did i say that i think i made a new word!!lol let us know what you decide and i would love to be a guest at your beach cottage any day! this shabby girl doesn’t mind the grime i do get a bit of dirt on me from time to time! have a great day
Kim
i too thought that the front legs looked like they didn’t quite belong to the chair – but since you say they do then they do!!! i vote for cleaning the legs – painting, sanding distressing…and maybe adding a bit of color to her…maybe parts of the front legs painted yellow, aqua or something..and adding a printed cushion..just my opinion.
Well if those legs are original I’ll eat my hat! Interesting look though and my vote (like Melissa) is to paint it all out distressing with sandpaper. I like the sandpaper distressed look rather than using another overlay of paint (grey, etc.). Whatever you do I’m sure will look lovely.
Wow, that is a tough decision. I’m for cleaning the front legs and leaving them. Adds an element of surprise of sorts, along with a story to share! :O)
I love it. I always say live with it a little then you will know for sure. Leave it alone and see if the legs really bother you. If they do then you know to paint them or not. I think it looks cool, but I am not living with it.
Hi Sarah,
I think you should finish what you started! Paint the legs, otherwise it looks half-baked.
You can always go back and distress around the edges later if you want.
XO
Heidi
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G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
Great chair! I think i would clean it up and leave it as found. Lots of character and all.
i say strip her down to the bare wood and see what she looks like and then go from there. i think a roughed up wood would look good with all of the white and break it up a bit. if it doesn’t look good like that then maybe break out that aqua color you used on the bedroom nightstand. happy project experimenting!
looks like we all have differing opinions! i think you shoudl make the front legs match- paint them as well. then distress it and rough it up and you could either put a warm golden oak stain over it to achieve close to the look it had, or a nice gray weathered wash would look nice, too.
Sarah – I agree with Cassie. Paint the legs then do your magic distressing on the entire chair – with that great wash of driftwood gray….
Then again, that pale aqua you used in your bedroom would be great on this entire chair, too…..
Sorry. Not much help, was I? lol!
But I do believe that anything you do with this chair will look beautiful in your beach cottage…
xoxo laurie@heavens-walk
FIRST of all…how weird is it that you have already sent the kids off to school Monday morning – I haven’t even gone to bed Sunday night yet! Lol!
Anyway, I’m torn on the chair. (Love it, by the way!) I didn’t notice it until you pointed it out but the white body with the cream legs would drive me bonkers! But, I do like that they are “vintage-y” and distressed…hmm…I guess I’m not much help, am I?
Side note, though, HILARIOUS story about the guy in the light pants sitting on the dirty chair….poor fellow!
yeah, we never did hear about the pants… lol
I think the old girl needs her legs painted to blend in and then you work your magic by distressing her all over.
Funny yarn about the white pants.
xx
I would paint the entire chair in a creamy white ( vanilla) colour
Definitely do the front legs as well. Just my 2cents worth!
I would paint it out white to match the rest of the chair.
This may be a wacky idea but paint the legs the same color. Then take the aqua color and mix it with your white and do a splatter over the white chair with the aqua/white mixture. It might give it that new/old vintage look and something very interesting.
wow interesting!
I loooovvve this chair. I am looking for a ‘one off’ like this to put at a desk in my daughters room.
How about strip it right back to bare wood and then give it a whitewash.
There are a lot of ideas already on here to ponder over!!
I would paint the legs white to match the rest and then attack the whole thing with sandpaper. There’s my 2 cents worth!
I love the chair and especially those exceptionally curvy legs.
Cindy S
I would paint those legs white and then distress the whole chair. Every time I would look at that chair, those off color legs would jump out at me. The legs are gorgeous and painting and distressing a little more the whole chair would tie the whole chair together better. In the 70′s I had an old cupboard that had layers of paint on it. Back then everyone would remove all the paint and refinish a piece to it’s original finish. Oh what I would not give to have that old chippy white cupboard today. It now sits in my dining room in it’s like new finish. I think it might be getting a coat of paint in the near future!!!
seems a lot are saying paint white…
i think all white woul look good but whatever you do turns out nice
Paint it white. It looks funny a different color because the front legs are different from the back. Since the legs are different, they should be the same color to give it some continuity. At the present time, it looks like someone stuck these two new legs on the front of this modern chair. Also, I’d love to see a single letter monogram in black or grey perhaps on the top back of the chair.
I am going with the majority opinion. Now that you’ve started, I think you should finish the legs (I think it looks great, actually) and then maybe distress all over if you still feel inclined.
‘Good moaning’?? Is that a particularly Pommie expression I’m unfamiliar with??
yep it’s peculiar to me…as in I moan like a pommie too much
My vote: Paint the front legs to match.
I did a big white paint up recently see here http://fivebrothersonesister.blogspot.com/2010/07/white-washed.html
I actually was going to paint a chair that I’ve had for years white ( it used to belong to my grandparents) then I was in the solicitor’s office and he has two chairs the same and we were talking about the chair, apparently they are from America and are quite rare- now I’m not game to paint it white!
But back to your chair- I wouldn’t strip it – too much work, finish the legs white and distress.
Sarah I’m with everyone else on this one….paint them white and then give it some of your magic ‘distress’ treatment
I picked up an old child’s desk and chair on the weekend that made my hubby cringe…it’s gorgeous and chippy and WHITE…..I found myself thinking ‘ ooh Sarah and her follower’s would so get my wanting to rescue this beauty …..what do husband’s know anyway, hehe.
I’m with the “paint ‘em white and then distress” crowd.
Lovely legs!
P.S. This Pacific N.W. Yank had to look up “Pommie”!
Oh, Sarah…your chair story sounds like something that would happen at my house…only here it would probably be the chair I forgot to de-fur of Max’s kitty fur prior to guest arriving. LOL
You find the best goodies when you go thrifting!
XO
Susan
I say give those old girls(the front legs) a good coat of your magic white paint too! Then I think she might look good in your bedroom with a stack a books on the seat or jug with flowers.
Hehe!!! ‘Good Moaning’ is said with a really bad french accent I believe? Lol
Nice find Sarah, I have 4 chairs like this and the front legs are fancy while the back legs are plain and all legs are totally original. I say paint them white to match the rest and distress.
lol that chair story is funny.
Chalkboard yay I wish I had a wall but alas I have wallpaper instead BUT I have a painted hot water cupboard door in my kitchen and in the first week of the holidays I bought chalkboard paint. Now I just need time to do it, work really gets in the way of my creativity.
i think you’ve gone nearly the whole way hon- you either need to keep going….or strip it all off and have another peroni and a think about how to tackle it again…..
how funny if your said guest reads your blog……
melissa x
maybe you could make the whole thing a unique chalkboard! lol
Seems like everyone has the same opinion I’m with the rest of the girls
Paint ….distress
I’m a vote for paint white! Really cute chair by the way!
Ok Sezzo,
I seem to be going against the trend here, but I think you should leave them… it’s quirky and as they are the original I think it would be a nice tribute, seeing as the rest got ‘slapped’ with the white paint already!!
Have a good one…
Flick
I’ve missed something big time…. why did you ditch the aqua idea….. that chair might look amazing as a distressed aqua over white… just to throw that about. Otherwise paint the legs white. I liked the funny trousers story….
:)
Susan
I would paint the front legs white and then sand it a bit. Although, I really like Susan’s idea of distressed aqua over white. Good luck! La
You must paint it all the same I say. Otherwise it looks like you ran our of paint! I think it looks fine white, but glaze it if you want some of the details to pop out. You wouldn’t want to paint it aqua would you???????? I would! Or maybe just the panel, kinda two toned like the chest in the bedroom? and perhaps a ring or two on the legs? Just thinkin..
I love the idea of painting aqua over the white and then distressing it so a lot of the white shows through. But if you don’t want the aqua then I think painting the legs white and then distressing the whole thing would be great too.
Hi Sarah, funny story, and I vote for finishing the old girl up…great roadside find!
White paint + distress + glaze = Beachy bliss!;)
Sarah
i think you should leave it i think it is fabolus and it just lends to the character of the chair and everyone needs a little shabby in their life! thats how i feel! i like things out of character and chippy and shabafabolicious!!!! lol did i say that i think i made a new word!!lol let us know what you decide and i would love to be a guest at your beach cottage any day! this shabby girl doesn’t mind the grime i do get a bit of dirt on me from time to time! have a great day
Kim
I vote for painting the rest of the chair and then distressing with sandpaper- very shabby indeed!
i too thought that the front legs looked like they didn’t quite belong to the chair – but since you say they do then they do!!! i vote for cleaning the legs – painting, sanding distressing…and maybe adding a bit of color to her…maybe parts of the front legs painted yellow, aqua or something..and adding a printed cushion..just my opinion.
Hi Sarah,
I am so enjoying your site!
Well if those legs are original I’ll eat my hat!
Interesting look though and my vote (like Melissa) is to paint it all out distressing with sandpaper. I like the sandpaper distressed look rather than using another overlay of paint (grey, etc.). Whatever you do I’m sure will look lovely.
Happy Monday from Canada!
Sarah-
Wow, that is a tough decision. I’m for cleaning the front legs and leaving them. Adds an element of surprise of sorts, along with a story to share! :O)
I would sand them and paint them. You can do the distressing afterwards.
By the way, I’m loving your blog!
I love it. I always say live with it a little then you will know for sure. Leave it alone and see if the legs really bother you. If they do then you know to paint them or not. I think it looks cool, but I am not living with it.
Hi Sarah,
I think you should finish what you started! Paint the legs, otherwise it looks half-baked.
You can always go back and distress around the edges later if you want.
XO
Heidi
Nice chair, but you always find the neatest stuff.
Janet
I’d say leave as is and shabby up the newly painted bits.
Paint it ! ! ! Otherwise for the old chair it would be like going in for botox and only getting one side of your forehead done.
Paint it ! ! ! Otherwise for the chair it would be like going in for Botox and only getting one side of your forehead done.
My vote would be to attack with sandpaper. I like the two colored legs – sand on!
Being a side of the road furniture grabber from way back, I actually prefer an original finish if you can live with it so I say leave as is.
alicia