It started with a chair from Goodwill that cost just $12. It reminded me of some chairs my parents had when I was little. It was in almost perfect condition. Even the paint looked good. It just needed to be cleaned. I kept walking but in the end, left the store with the chair.
I went from Goodwill to Home Depot to pick out the perfect color of paint
to fix this baby up. I left with Krylon Bright Idea.
to fix this baby up. I left with Krylon Bright Idea.
Two coats later, my pretty chair was good as new and a bright sunny yellow!
On to Hobby Lobby to find some things to add to my new chair.
A straw wreath, some fabric, buttons and yarn came home with me.
I already showed you my summer wreath tutorial a couple weeks ago. Besides the yellow paint, it was the inspiration for my summer porch makeover.
I had lots of extra fabric and a pretty yellow {but boring} chair. Hello, PILLOWS!
I added a simple square pillow and a monogrammed bolster pillow to complete my chair.
I’ve given you a full tutorial on how to make a monogrammed bolster pillow here.
Some bright {and of course, matching} flowers.
It ended with a welcoming porch that screams “Happy summer!”
Welcome to our home!
So so pretty! Very fresh and inspiring!
Jo-Anna
LOVE HEART LOVE HEART!
Very nice. I love the way it turned out. I'm still working up the courage to do a similar wreath!
oh wow!!!! I love the whole thing. The chair is divine and I love that you painted it yellow. My fav!!!!
Love, love!!!!
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following you now.
This is adorable! What a great way to bring color to your patio!
I love the shape of the chair and all the fun colors, it is beautiful
way cute indeed. i wish i had a bit more of a porch to work with!
This is GORGEOUS and so inspiring!
Love these summer colors! And that chair is AWESOME! I'm your newest follower!
that is one cheerful porch! i love it!
very pretty! everything screams summer!
SO cute!!! I love the way it turned out!
I love the wreath! The colors are so cheerful and bright! Definitely makes me want to sit on your porch!
Very Cute! Love the colors!!
Hugs ~~ Suz
inspiringcreativeness.blogspot
Love this and your choices of colors and fabrics are so fresh and bright!! Thanks for sharing!! Found you at Get Your Craft On!
This is so pretty!! I love the monogrammed pillow…so cute! And the wreath is just adorable. Everything is so bright and cheerful!
I love the little wicker chair. Great job!
ADORABLE! absolutely adorable
love it all!!
Wonderful! I love that chair and the color you picked is just perfect!
Oh my gosh! Gorgeous! I'd love for you to link up at http://www.twindragonflydesigns.blogspot.com/ Thanks for sharing!
Way cute! I just painted an outdoor chair the same color, and have been thinking of what I can put on it to dress it up for summer on my porch. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love this inspiration! I'm looking for ways to spruce up our back patio & you've got me thinking!
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That is one happy looking chair. I love the color you picked!!!!
Love the little chair transformation! But I'm really loving the wreath!! Great job!
Blessings!!
I absolutely LOVE all of the colors together!
Fabulous, thanks for sharing!
It SCREAMS summer! I love the bright yellow and the pillows have amazing fabric. Great choice!
Wow… the chair came out so pretty! I love that color! I will be looking for it when I go to Home Depot. I hope they have it! Your front door also looks wonderful with the colorful wreath! Very nice!
I love your yellow chair! So fresh and summery. The pillows and wreath are darling as well. Everything looks perfect together!
That's pure sunshine on your porch, I love it!
I found you on Thrilling Thursday Linky Party. I didn’t join since I haven’t created anything but I had to check out the projects everyone else did. Creative people inspire me and this project is an example of why. I love that you painted the chair yellow and I love the fabric you chose for the pillows. It really is adorable. Great find. I hope you will follow me back http://talesfrommyjournal.blogspot.com I can be found in facebook too http://www.facebook.com/DeniseMartin.LillaRose and twitter @DeniseLillaRose If you like/follow me there I will do the same for you. When you stop by my blog, please check out my kind of fashion (hair jewelry).
The colours are so bright and fun!
Soooo Cute! I'd love for you to share this at my Pinkalicious Thursday Party!
http://www.frugaliciousme.com/2011/06/pinkalicious-thursday-blog-party-6.html
XOXO,
Tasha
If I lived near you, I would snatch that happy yellow chair and the beautiful pillows off of your porch and run, run, run! Great job!
Now that is some fresh and fun decor. The wreath looks great!
Your front porch looks so bright and happy! Honestly, I never would have looked twice at that chair but I LOVE it! It looks so precious in yellow with it's little pillows!
Lovely! That is such a fresh colour of yellow.
What a great colorspash you added to your curb appeal! Bet the block loves it too!! xo
What a lovely creamy yellow!
What happy summer colors! I love it all!
That is so cute, great colors.
It screams "PERFECTION"!! Love the colors you chose and how you tied everything together!!
Tooo cute! The colors are so fun and "happy!"
The chair looks great in yellow. The pillows are really cute. Love the monogram. Really makes for a welcoming front porch!
I would give anything to have a porch and this would be perfect! LOVE IT!
Jenni
kissedbyafrog.blogspot.com
Super cute… LOVE those colors… everything says "welcome friends, I'm fun!" ~ kim
Nice, springy, clean and welcoming:)
Yummmmy! I'd love for you to share this amazing makeover at my link party. Love the yellow!
heading out to Goodwill now to score a cute chair! Thanks for the great idea
I love the yellow spray paint = awesome. The wreath is quite excellent also.
Love it. So bright and cheerful. It turned out perfectly.
Ruth
So cute! It definitely does scream summer!
I'm glad the chair won! It looks great!
everything looks fantastic! I love the look of that chair and the color is perfect.
gail
I LOVE THIS! Featuring tonight! Thanks for linking with Air Your Laundry Friday! xo Jami
Very Cute! Love, love, love the yellow chair.
Bright idea is one of my new fav colors… I love the chair in yellow! The pillows are perfect with it!
I love the shape of the chair. You can't go wrong with $12! The colour is gorgeous – perfect for summer! I'm visiting from this week's CSI challenge. I also made over a chair (and loveseat). Hope you have time to take a look: http://www.inspirednest.ca/2011/08/08/5-simple-steps-to-refreshing-your-patio-furniture/
Your porch DOES scream "Happy Summer!" Good job making it light and bright and lots of fun.
Visiting from the CSI Project!
I love the chair in yellow. When I saw it in white I was not crazy about it, but in sunshine yellow it is AMAZING! Crazy what a little spray paint can do!
Love this idea and especially the monogramed pillow!!!
OMG! I grew up with that very chair in my room…and it was white too! I had totally forgotten about it! What a great find – love it in yellow!
Lovin that shade of yellow. Bet I’ll be buying some Krylon in that same ‘sunny yellow’.
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I love it Jen!! The colors and fabric are fabulous! Perfect pop of color!
Thanks for linking up to this week’s Catch a Glimpse party! I shared this on AGI’s FB page!
I love the transformation, and the yellow color is beautiful!!
I am a new follower!
Shannon@SewSweetCottage
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Just wondering if you primed the yellow chair before painting?