Tiffany Blue French Chair

I finished the french chair~

it came out just like I hoped it would!!

Not for everyone, but certainly works for me!

Here is what I did to it~

Fresh from auction house~very nice lines and 

good comfortable seat.  The seat was in a faux leather

fabric that had a texture and finished with nailheads.

I wanted to copy a chair I had seen in House Beautiful 

magazine that was in Sharon Osbourne's dining room~

I loved the blue and silver chairs and when I saw

 these at auction they popped right into my head.

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The first thing I did was to mix up a color that looked like Tiffany blue~

I used Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan of course! I used Louis Blue 

with Antibes Green, Pure White and Greek Blue. I painted the whole chair, 

wood frame and upholstery.  It looked quite fresh 

and modern this way, but I was not finished.

 Next I did a watery mix of French Linen 

over the wood frame and wiped it off.

 After the grey wash I used Rub n Buff in silverleaf 

and applied it liberally with my fingertip~

 After I finished hitting the wood frame

 I touched on all the nailheads too~

 Don't be a perfectionist with this~I use a plastic pallet

 and squeeze a little bit at a time from the tube.
(I will also be deciding if I am going to seal the chair with wax~
and then see how the chair wears with regular use...
I'll keep all updated on this part of the process as it evolves.)

 

The Tiffany Chair~

 Its glamorous and elegant~

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