Before & After: Audrey’s Scavenged Parisian Chair Makeover
One of the (many) nice things about living in Paris is that people often put their old furniture out on the pavement for opportunistic treasure hunters like myself to scavenge. I found this old chair one evening and I suspect that, as I took it home on the metro, the other passengers thought I was an eccentric expat who brought her own seating.
However when I got it home it looked a bit drab so I decided to perk it up with a lick of paint and a bit of decoupage. Having sanded it down, I found two little Dulux paint samples (on offer) were sufficient to give it two coats of paint. A friend, who happens to be a decorating fanatic, gave me a swatch of wall paper from which I cut the flowers. I stuck those on with PVA glue and then varnished the piece with 5 layers for interior wood varnish so that the flowers are well protected.
Materials used:
Dulux paint samples= 1 euro for two on offer
‘Colours Vernis’ Clear= 8 euro
Wall paper = gifted to me.
Total cost: 9 euro.
Thank you, Audrey!
(Images: Submitted by Audrey )