Don't stand there too long or you might get painted!

My husband is starting to worry. My kids are concerned. The dog hides outside. The cat has stopped begging for food. 
My dealer is only open on Wednesday through Sunday. I have to make what I have last. I worry that I will run out.
I am wondering what I can sell next to pay for my next fix. But if I have the money where will I find IT?

Ok that may not all be true but my husband is a little worried about what will be painted next.

 These are my latest "Fixes". I found these chairs at Goodwill, imagine that.I know you are completely surprised right? They are Cochrane chairs from the 40's. Don't know if that date is completely right, but I saw a reference to that date on another site with the same chairs. Any hoooo, they were $10.00 bucks each. I wish there had been six but I was glad to get the four.

I painted them with the Annie Sloan graphite first. Lightly sanded them with a fine grit sanding block to distress them a touch. Applied the Annie Sloan dark wax.

After the wax was applied I used and old cloth diaper and buffed it with good old elbow grease. By doing this you can forgo and gym membership because buffing this chairs is guaranteed to tone any bingo wings you have going on. I recommend employing child labor to help with this manual labor.

After the wax is applied I go over with a coat of lacquer from Annie Sloan. This eliminates any tacky feeling from the wax.

Martha has her ball. She loves her ball.

I like distressing each piece just a little bit. Adds a little character. It also keeps me from freaking out when my kids uses them for something like, oh I don't know, standing on them with cleats to get glass out of the cabinet. The damage they inflict on them just adds a little more character.

I picked these two chairs up at the same time, they are form Elan College. I will use them at each end of the table.

They were sturdy and well made but I did not like the emblem that was engraved in the wood.

 I applied a little wood filler with my fingers to really get it into the tiny grooves.  I allowed it to dry for about an hour and then sanded with a fine grit sanding block.

After I sanded it down until it was smooth to the touch and could not feel any ridges, I applied a coat of the paint.

After it dried I sanded it lightly to distress the paint.

Added a coat of wax

And then added a coat of lacquer.*****UPDATE**** Do not do this...I was told by a stockist that this is possible....it is NOT. It will bubble and blister and make a BIG MESS!

Meet my new $10.00 chair! Man I love a good deal!