Dreaming in Fairy Tales French Settee

Oh Spring, where art thou? Really where are you?  The tropical girl in me is done...D.O.N.E with this winter.  Usually I have so much energy.  I just keep on moving and moving.  My working time starts after 8 when everyone is in bed and I can do my projects in peace.  Now I am in bed at 8.  I feel guilty about not working on my projects but I can't seem to push myself...sign... : / Anyway, this is what I have been working on.  I can honestly say this is th fanciest thing I own.

  She wasn't always Fancy Nancy.  I found her on craigslist and B got it for my birthday.  This is her before we found each other.  The fabric needed serious cleaning.

First I thought I was going to reupholster her but even if I do it myself it would still costs me hundreds.  I wasn't ready for it yet.  So I decided to paint her with ASCP.  A big risk since I love her so much.  I still plan to reupholster her when I can afford it.  In the mean time, Hello, Pretty.  Where have you been all my life?

There are a lot of tutorials on how to paint fabric.  It actually is pretty simple.  I mixed 50% of Old white with 50% of water.  I sprayed the fabric first before painting it.  It helped the paint spread better.  It took three coats to get the look I wanted.  I let it dry 24 hours between each coat.  Here is what I learned.  The settee has this really pretty embroidery and I realized no matter how many coats of paint I paint, it will still show through.  So the smoother fabric will probably work better.

It also feels like leather.  So this isn't where I would want to lie down with a good book for hours.  This would be a great statement piece. Got fur babies? Keep them away.  Now, I got three fur babies and every time they jump on it, I can see their nail marks.  It's not that obvious but if you are OCD like me, you WILL see it.  All in all, I love how she turned out.  For the price of one paint can, I got the look I wanted.

 I made pillow cases out of coffee sacks.  The settee looks too pretty without the pillows.  The girls are very excited for their "princess chair."  I think the grandness of the chair is balanced out by delicate flowers.

Well, Princess Chair, Welcome Home.  I think you will like it here.

Love,
Victoria


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