Little Red Rocking Chair

UPDATE: This chair sold on 9/6/13!

I picked up this chair for $2.00. That's right. $2.00! But boy was it in bad shape...

Here's a peek: 

random paint splotches

ridiculous "distressing"

flithy dirty

a dog had it's way with both rocker sides

and it was completely wobbly

it wasn't even safe enough to be a time-out chair

I had to take the entire thing apart

(with my dad's help, of course)

a few screws and some wood glue later, and it was back together

 I sanded it. 

And kilzed it.

And sanded it some more. 

The spindles were torture to paint.

I painted it.

Then sanded it.

Then painted it some more.

Repeat 5x.

With all these imperfections, it was never going to look like a "brand new" chair again, so I resorted to Miss Mustard Seed's Antiquing Wax to "celebrate" all the imperfections. 

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The wax "hugs" it in all the right places. :)

I love this little tomato red chair. So does Ivy. :) But I can't keep hoarding everything in our 700 sq ft cottage. It needs a home. If you're local, you can see the craigslist posting here. Selling it for $70. After all the love put into it, that's a steal!

Aloha, Rebecca