I bought 6 of these kitchen chairs back in 1999 for $20 each at a little second hand store at Bargara near Bundaberg QLD, and although they had a beautiful shape about them, the upholstery was so 1970’s. Ghastly brown and orange textured fabric that looked like, well, look at the before pic and I think you know what it looked like.
When I painted them, the crackle finish was so the in thing at the time. My first attempt, although I thought looked good, was quickly changed when my mum said it looked like “rotting timber”. OH NO!!!! It had to go, so when I found the gorgeous blue fabric I knew that it had to be blue and white.
Due to my lack of painting knowledge at the time, I used artists’ tube paint, and boy did I spend a fortune. I guess that’s why I took so long to paint them.
Lesson learned: Use house paint. It reacts the same way to crackle medium and is a lot cheaper. I’ve heard that a type of glue “Elmer’s Glue” works just as well as crackle medium so I’ll have to experiment one day with other brands
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