We're doing quite a bit of renovating on our 1950's ranch here in Nebraska, which includes the curb appeal of the front porch. That's still a work in progress, but we Have already ripped up the "grass" indoor/outdoor carpet, repaired the concrete underneath and painted the porch floor with a nice non-slip taupe color that matches the brick mortar of the exterior.
When I finished it looked very clean but very bare. I want to spend all of our renovation budget on more important indoor changes, so I looked around the storage building for something I could repurpose in case I should ever want to sit on the front porch and watch the world go by (yeah, right :) . Here's what I came up with:
These are two old pine chairs and an end table that we bought unfinished during our college years in Provo. They had a variety of dents and dings as well as loose legs, bolts etc. First I re-glued the legs and tightened the bolts, then, I sanded them down w/ medium grit sandpaper followed by smooth sandpaper and wiped them down. I left some of the dents because they add much needed character...
Next, was the fun part. Our house is all brick, and brown trim, brown, brown and more brown. We needed a big pop of color! I used a spray paint for the chairs that includes primer in Cornflower Blue. The table is a couple coats of barn red that I mixed myself w/ flat acrylic and then little bits of any other color that I felt like!
All that is left is two coats of UV Satin finish varnish and we're good to go... and sit! Next up, the old bench which currently holds my flat of wheat grass. :D
When I finished it looked very clean but very bare. I want to spend all of our renovation budget on more important indoor changes, so I looked around the storage building for something I could repurpose in case I should ever want to sit on the front porch and watch the world go by (yeah, right :) . Here's what I came up with:
These are two old pine chairs and an end table that we bought unfinished during our college years in Provo. They had a variety of dents and dings as well as loose legs, bolts etc. First I re-glued the legs and tightened the bolts, then, I sanded them down w/ medium grit sandpaper followed by smooth sandpaper and wiped them down. I left some of the dents because they add much needed character...
Next, was the fun part. Our house is all brick, and brown trim, brown, brown and more brown. We needed a big pop of color! I used a spray paint for the chairs that includes primer in Cornflower Blue. The table is a couple coats of barn red that I mixed myself w/ flat acrylic and then little bits of any other color that I felt like!
