Sunday, August 12, 2012

A "New" Highchair for Caleb Jr.

One of the girl's that has gotten picked up on our Sunday School bus since she was a wee little girl recently had a baby. Her uncle happened to find this old highchair somewhere and asked her if she wanted it.  She replied, "Sure, Kammy can do something with it".  I groaned.  Just a little.   I tried to convince her that it was distressed and that look was "in".  But she wanted nothing to do with the shabby look.  Once I got going however.... it turned out to be a pretty fun project!
First I just sanded it down good, then touched up all the black and painted over the gold.  I was going to just refinish the wood parts, but there were some doozy stains and if I would have kept sanding, little junior would have been eating on a tray with the thickness of a toothpick.  I had absolutely no plan in my mind, I just started painted and and as I painted, stuff came to my into my brain and yeah, that's how I usually work.  Just start and let the juices flow as I work.  I rarely start out with the picture of an end result in my noggin'.
I added plaster of paris to my blue and light green paint because I wanted those areas to be super duper durable.  If you've had kids, you know how hard they are on highchairs.  What?  A a spoon?  It's for mashed peas?  No it's not, it's for tray banging, Mommy!
Without the tray......
Yes, my letters are slightly off.  Oops.  I polyurathaned it (yes, that's a verb) and had junior's parents over for Sunday dinner to give it to them today, but I didn't send it home with them.  I decided it needs another coat of poly.  No telling how hard of a spoon drummer Junior is going to be.
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13 comments:

  1. Way cute, Kammy! Awesome job! Did you mom tell you it rained all day yesterday??? YAY!!! :)

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  2. Love how this turned out. I love a good wood high chair, they have so much more character than the plastic ones of today!
    Thank you for the feature!
    Kim@reposhture.blogspot.com

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  3. Looks awesome!!
    Susan

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  4. I just bought a wood high chair from Goodwill, and I'm excited to paint it. Thanks for some great ideas. Yours looks wonderful. Gail (BibleLoveNotes.com)

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  5. I have an old high chair like this too but have been nervous that it didn't have a safety strap between the legs but now that my little one is getting older, I can't wait to decorate it and start using it!!! Yours looks awesome!

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  6. I saw your link on tatertots and jello, I knew I had to visit your blog, because the picture was so cute!
    Gumballsandcottoncandy.com

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  8. My neighbor put the same highchair out in his trash..I snagged it and found your blog. I've sanded mine down and got my ideas and inspiration from you! Here goes nothin!! :)

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  9. My neighbor put the same highchair out in his trash..I snagged it and found your blog. I've sanded mine down and got my ideas and inspiration from you! Here goes nothin!! :)

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  10. I found a chair just like this one, except the colors are white and natural. Do you know the maker or age of it.

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