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January 27, 2014 Crafts & DIY

B & A: Rocking Chair

This rocking chair project has been a longgggg time coming for us. Fun fact: this was the very first furniture purchase we ever made! Not so fun fact: that was about 9 months ago. I promise it’s not because we’re lazy, we just couldn’t fully decide on what we wanted to turn it into…

Rocking chair makeover photo

We knew we wanted to update the old finish, so we started with the basics as always: we sanded her down (holy moly it felt like it took months just to get those spindles!) primed what areas we wanted painted after finally deciding what to do, and picked out some paint, Behr’s Antique Tin.

DIY products and paints photo

We went through so many designs different stains, paints, textures, patterns, and finally decided on a mid-century modern look. We left the spindles and bottom their natural wood since the grain was so pretty, then painted the bottom spindles a dark gray and the seat/arm rests a lighter gray (just added some white paint to the Antique Tin for a custom color)!

After everything was painted we just applied a few coats of satin poly with a foam brush to protect the painted areas and natural wood from scratches or stains.

Seal natural wood photo

What do you think?

rocking chair upcycle photo

Rocking chair makeover photo

gray rocker photo

Gray and wood rocking chair rocker

Rocking chair redo photo

We’re so happy to have waited on the design decision to hit us for this rocking chair, but after such a long battle, we’re also glad to finally able to put down the paint brush! Bonus: she fits is perfect in our new guest room! We’ve already shown you the paint we chose, and the full room reveal will be coming later this week : )

Prost!

-J&P

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  1. Jessica says

    January 27, 2014 at 7:44 pm

    This is SUCH an improvement!!! Love it!

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    • Sypsie says

      January 27, 2014 at 8:10 pm

      Thanks Jessica! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Amy @ Homey Oh My! says

    January 27, 2014 at 9:33 pm

    This is so beautiful and unique! The pillow goes so perfectly with it.

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    • Sypsie says

      January 27, 2014 at 11:08 pm

      Thanks Amy! You’ll never guess where it’s from… Target! Haha! I’m glad you like it!

      Reply
  3. Angela (Life in Velvet) says

    January 28, 2014 at 9:55 am

    Gorgeous! I love the pillow too! Thanks so much for linking up at Thursday STYLE!

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    • Sypsie says

      January 28, 2014 at 10:23 am

      Thanks Angela! Thanks so much for hosting : )

      Reply
  4. Courtney @ A Dash of Coco says

    January 28, 2014 at 1:48 pm

    Super Cute! I love the idea of leaving the spindles their natural color.

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    • Sypsie says

      January 28, 2014 at 2:13 pm

      Thanks Courtney : ) The wood grain ended up being so different and fun so we were afraid stain would cover it up too much. I’m glad you like it!

      Reply
  5. Melissa @ aprudentlife says

    January 28, 2014 at 5:26 pm

    I love the gray! I actually have a old rocking chair in the garage that will be a spring project and I was thinking about going gray with it as well. Thanks for the inspiration!

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    • Sypsie says

      January 29, 2014 at 9:45 am

      Thanks Melissa! Can’t wait to see what you do with yours : )

      Reply
  6. Corey @ Tinysidekick says

    January 29, 2014 at 11:08 pm

    This is awesome! I love that you left some of the chair natural and the grey color is perfect. Thank you so much for linking up at The Makers!

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    • Sypsie says

      January 30, 2014 at 9:55 am

      Thanks Corey, I’m glad you like it! And thanks so much for hosting : )

      Reply
  7. Alexis @ Persia Lou says

    February 1, 2014 at 2:53 am

    This is beautiful! I love how you left the spindles the natural wood color. It really makes it special. Thanks so much for linking up to The Makers!

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    • Sypsie says

      February 1, 2014 at 8:31 am

      Thanks Alexis! And thanks so much for hosting 🙂

      Reply

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