Turquoise Dining Chairs

At the beginning of the year I made-over our breakfast nook, minus the two chairs. The chairs needed to pop with color to balance out what is a chocolaty-brown-saturated room.

Which shade of turquoise was proving to be a bigger decision than this indecisive person could manage. Here is where I left the chairs in January of this year...and about 10 months later inspiration came!

Jaime, from wellnessandfamily.blogspot.com shared her gorgeous spray painted teal dining chairs. I was IN LOVE with the red peek-a-booing from under the teal and knew this is what my dining room needed.

my turquoise chairs

*love*

Original Look

Spray Painted with Kilz Primer (not pictured)

First Coat: Acrylic Paint in Berry Red

 Second Coat of Paint: Tratorria Teal by Behr

only one coat of paint sloppily applied---eliminated the need to sand 

(I detest sanding and avoid it when possible.)

This is the same color I used on my fence piece bookshelf.

Sealed with a can of Polycrylic that I picked up FOR FREE from my local Hazmat disposal site. It was 80% full. SCORE! 

You can read here how to find freebies at your local Hazmat.

I just adore how the berry red peek-a-boos thru the turquoise blue. *love* 

The Breakfast Nook 

Would you like to come over for a cup of tea? 

Or coffee. We have that in abundance. 

The orange frame isn't really as orange as it looks in these photos. A less neon photo can be seen here. In reality, its more of an orange red.

I wasn't sure if I'd like the cardboard barn star against the chocolate brown of the wall, but the metallic paint helps it hold its own.

And I have to brag on my turquoise trees painting. Coupled with the chairs it adds some much needed color to the room.


Happy Thanksgiving!

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