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Painting an Upholstered Chair

If you’re looking to spruce up any old upholstered furniture that has soil and stain marks, then painting it might be just the thing for you. Easy to do, but a bit time consuming, this method opens up the door to a vast amount of redecorating ideas. Are you refinishing a room in different colors but hate to part with your favorite piece of decor? Maybe trying to match your old furniture to new! This is the perfect solution to those problems.

The paint you decide to use will give you different finishes. For this chair I used 2 gallons of latex interior wall paint in a satin finish. The wonderful advantage to using this paint is that you can match the color to virtually anything you desire.

Instructions:

Supplies needed: Upholstered furniture in need of a change, paint in your desired color, sponge brushes, medium and fine sanding blocks.

Step 1: Use sponge brush to paint onto surface of furniture making sure to you follow direction of fabric, if there is one.

Step 2: After completion of paint, use medium sanding block to smooth any burrs from fabric.

Step 3: Go over entire surface with fine sanding block.

Step 4: Second coat entire surface. (Repeat steps 1 through 4 if desired.

Step 5: Enjoy your *new* piece of furniture.

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