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Paint a Wingback Chair with Fusion Colour, Iron Clay

Paint a Wingback Chair with Fusion Colour, Iron Clay

by Sharon Hankins | Jan 6, 2025 | Blog, Furniture Makeovers, Fusion Mineral Paint, Upholstery

Painting fabric can be a good way to upcycle a wingback chair. A Wingback chair with a price tag marked $20 sat among the rows of furniture in my local Lifeline Superstore. At that low price, I couldn’t really go wrong. The upholstery was dated, but still in...
Those Balloon Back Chairs – a Hamptons Style Transformation

Those Balloon Back Chairs – a Hamptons Style Transformation

by Sharon Hankins | May 1, 2017 | Antique Finds, Blog, Furniture Makeovers, Fusion Mineral Paint, Upholstery

Hello Hamptons Style I shared with you last week about progress happening in the workshop on these balloon back chairs (before pic below), and I’m proud to say they are finished and I am so happy with how they turned out in a somewhat nautical or Hamptons style....
116 Year Old Dining Chairs – Part 2 – Milk Paint Finish

116 Year Old Dining Chairs – Part 2 – Milk Paint Finish

by Sharon Hankins | Aug 19, 2015 | Blog, Furniture Makeovers, Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint Products, Upholstery

If you missed Part 1 of my chair makeover last week, I was showing the amazing treasures we found in these antique dining chairs, including newspaper clippings from 1899!! Click HERE to see Part 1 and all the treasures we found. These chairs were riddled with...
116 Year Old Newspaper Found in Dining chairs?! Upholstery Then & Now …

116 Year Old Newspaper Found in Dining chairs?! Upholstery Then & Now …

by Sharon Hankins | Aug 8, 2015 | Blog, Furniture Makeovers, Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint Products, Upholstery

I had no idea how old these chairs were when I first picked them up from a sale. But by the time I got to the fourth layer of fabric, I had an idea they were pretty ancient! This job was pretty ferrel! Look at those layers of dirt and dust sitting between the boards...
Painting a French Provincial Couch with Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint

Painting a French Provincial Couch with Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint

by Sharon Hankins | Jan 4, 2015 | Blog, Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint Products, Upholstery

The story of my red velvet, French Provincial style couch began when an Instagram photo popped up on my feed advertising a single seater red velvet armchair for $40 via Virginia Antiques, in Brisbane. I had just dropped the kids to school and it was one of those days...
Shabby Chic Map Chair Before & After Makeover

Shabby Chic Map Chair Before & After Makeover

by Sharon Hankins | May 30, 2014 | Blog, Upholstery

Firstly today, let me introduce you to Juliana who is doing two weeks work experience with I Restore Stuff this week. What a wonderful blessing she has been! If you saw my Facebook post this week, you’ll have seen this picture of her assembling an Ikea step...
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