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…
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.
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.
What do you think?
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
This is SUCH an improvement!!! Love it!
Thanks Jessica! 🙂
This is so beautiful and unique! The pillow goes so perfectly with it.
Thanks Amy! You’ll never guess where it’s from… Target! Haha! I’m glad you like it!
Gorgeous! I love the pillow too! Thanks so much for linking up at Thursday STYLE!
Thanks Angela! Thanks so much for hosting : )
Super Cute! I love the idea of leaving the spindles their natural color.
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!
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!
Thanks Melissa! Can’t wait to see what you do with yours : )
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!
Thanks Corey, I’m glad you like it! And thanks so much for hosting : )
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!
Thanks Alexis! And thanks so much for hosting 🙂