{"id":4253,"date":"2017-05-07T11:32:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frontporchmercantile.com\/?p=4253"},"modified":"2017-12-29T19:16:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T23:16:46","slug":"graffiti-painted-leather-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frontporchmercantile.com\/graffiti-painted-leather-bench\/","title":{"rendered":"Graffiti Painted Leather Bench"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hi, Front Porch Friends!<\/p>\n
I’ve been MIA a bit here on the blog as I’ve been super busy getting our house ready to sell (can I just tell you downsizing is NOT fun and there will be a few blog posts on that – someone needs to talk me off the ledge lol) and I’ve been a bit waylaid since my mom fell and broke her back (she’s recovering and thank you for the prayers those of you who knew about it).<\/p>\n
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I’ve been painting and updating and doing ALL the small things I always wanted to do around my house and I should probably be doing \u00a0DIY posts every day. I “think”I painted 22 things in the last 2 weeks – for real. The funny part is we did all the big things it was just the little things and some de-cluttering that needed to be done. Phew.<\/p>\n
Expect upcoming blog posts on some of the DIY projects like my Fusion painted front door (that I painted twice because I am a woman who changes her mind often – good thing you can repaint over paint) ha ha, also my refinished oak table with Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint and Fusions new Stain and Finishing Oil, a new bar we finished with Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint and more. (posting these for accountability so I make myself write the blog posts ha ha)<\/p>\n
I have been posting lots of FB lives though, updates and projects. On a couple of my videos I showed the fun new “grafitti” piece I painted up and promised a blog post.<\/p>\n
I painted up a leather bench a few years ago – yup I did – you can see how I did that with FAT Paint chalk paint HERE<\/a><\/p>\n Here is how it looked originally WAY back then – for real guys. Plain old black leather.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then after I painted it (you can read about\u00a0that HERE<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It held up REALLY well but there were a few scratches and I\u00a0wanted to “repurpose” it down in the games room.<\/p>\n I saw this super cool chair<\/a>, painted with Fusion Mineral Paint and Funky Junk Stencils by Bliss Ranch and loved it. It gave me an idea and inspiration.<\/p>\n Since we carry the Funky Junk Stencils I had them all sitting right there in my studio…so….I just grabbed them and started painting. I used FAT Paint chalk paint as the bench had been waxed. I will admit, I just wiped it clean and started stencilling. This bench will not get a lot of wear so I didn’t stress too much.<\/p>\n I didn’t plan, or place or think, I just started randomly putting the stencils on. It was super fun. I top coated with Clear Natural Wax.<\/p>\n Sand after stencilling to rough up and blend the words.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Why didn’t I do that long ago?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I’m digging the way it turned out, what do you think?<\/p>\n (a nod to turning 50 this year) lol<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here it is in the games room.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thanks for popping in Front Porch Friends, I hope to post a few more posts soon about DIY and Downsizing – oh the joy!<\/p>\n PS – see how Donna from Funky Junk was a little inspired by our bench to do her entire patio furniture.<\/p>\nSupplies Needed to Grafitti Painted Leather bench<\/h2>\n
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Cheers,<\/h2>\n
Wendy<\/h2>\n