Repaint and decoupage an old wooden chair

A boring wooden chair can have new life breathed into it for very little money but lots of imagination, with a mixture of painting, some good photocopied images and a bit of sticking.

You will need

Wooden chair

Paint brush

Photocopy paper

Pencil

Tangerine Twist paint from Dulux 3 x £1 tester pots at B&Q

PVA glue

Paint brush

Sand paper

Scissors

Blue tack

 

Instructions

1. Sand the chair
2. Paint the chair and leave to dry
3. Find copyright free designs on the internet, enlarge and photocopy the designs
4. Cut out the shapes
5. Blue tack the images into position on the chair. When you are happy with composition stick into place using PVA glue.
6. Paint on coats of PVA varnish to give a good finish to the chair.

Tips

Instead of buying new paint, use what you have in the house and mix colours to create something new and interesting. This is a great way of using left over paints.

Before photo –