Sitting Pretty, a Teen Center Fundraiser
Camden (Maine) is fortunate to have a wonderful Teen Center which is open free of charge to 5th through 12th graders here. It is mostly enjoyed by the middle school kids and younger teens (and it happens to be located a short walk from the middle school), my oldest son among them. They have had a fun fund-raiser the past year or two at least, and this year I got to be a part of it. Folks donate chairs or stools, which artists of various sorts then gussy up for sale at the auction. When I went, there weren’t a whole lot of options… I wanted to do something larger than a stepstool, so this tall stool was about it. Alas, I forgot to take a picture of it in its initial dark brown stain, which I sanded. I then painted it with the same aqua that I used on my new fabric shelves (shelving seen here — note, all photos are clickable to view larger).
Then I got out my craft paints, selected as many fun colors as I could find (bright blues were gone, and the fuchsia, alas, was solidified beyond using…sob!). The palette above is lovely, don’t you think? Here is a view of the chair while being polyurethaned (and does anyone know why my craft paints might have smeared a bit when coated????):
And a view of the front when done:
And the back:
And a close up of the seat (that light spot in the center is just that, a light / reflection):
March 1st, 2008 at 12:17 am
it is, simply, FABULOUS !!! WOWie ZOWie ~!
March 1st, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Maybe the drying-time is longer cuz it’s SO COLD? 8^)
It’s very cute indeed!
March 1st, 2008 at 12:11 pm
What fun you had with this project, Sarah! I smiled just looking at the photos — and the colors you used on the stool does bring spring (always late in Maine) to mind — very welcome at this season.
March 1st, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Wow, what a great chair! It’s too wonderful to sit on!
March 1st, 2008 at 6:37 pm
What a fun idea, Sarah. And I love the chair.
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:58 am
what a fun chair! and yes very spring like…
March 6th, 2008 at 7:44 am
wow sarah!!! I haven’t ventured over here for a while because I thought you were so busy with your mother and california…but YOU’VE been doing fun stuff! I love this chair!