Tuesday, November 8, 2011

I'll be Dipped

I shared my slipcover I made for my Mullet Style Wingback Chair a couple of days ago, and posed the question of whether or not I should paint or stain the legs.  Kelly at JAX does design suggested that I paint the bottom couple of inches gold to tie into the brass buttons.  I loved the idea.  Right away I started thinking about all the cool dipped furniture legs I'd seen recently.

Cassie at Primitive & Proper recently made over those ubiquitous 2 tiered tables that you find on Craigslist all the time.  Very chic!

Jenny at Little Green Notebook wrote a whole post about them featuring these chairs seen in Better Homes & Garden,

and this fantastic campaign table via Design Sponge.

And Everything LEB showed off these fun gold tipped legs on a hall table.

This was a fairly easy project because I didn't need to run out and buy anything.  I had some gold paint leftover from a princess treasure chest I made for a friend's daughter a couple of years ago.

I taped off the legs.

And painted them.

After pulling off the tape, I was done.  Here's a reminder of the before.

And the after.  She's just a little saucier.  I thought I'd give you another shot of her back since so many readers loved the corset detailing.

Thanks for popping in and painting with me.
Domestically Speaking

17 comments:

  1. oh wow! it turned out SO awesome!!!! i love the gold, and LOVE the fabric you chose! funky and fresh! great job!

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  2. I like it! seeing these everywhere... such a fun way to update these pieces.

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  3. Seriously, I've heard of dipping, but this isn't what I had in mind:) Loving the gold, now I'm going to be dreaming about what can I dip. Hmm I wonder how my hubs would feel if I tried it out on him? Just kidding, great idea!

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  4. I LOVE IT with the painted legs...very cool! Such a nice added touch to your Billy Ray Cyrus chair...he he!! :)

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  5. What a lovely touch. A quick but effective update.

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  6. I have never seen this before....I truly love it.

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  7. The painted legs look so cool. The fabric is awesome as well. Thanks for sharing at DIYbyDesign.

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  8. What an awesome idea!~ They look great and that was very clever of you.

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  9. The dipped legs look really good :0) Also, you did a great job on the slipcover and the little corset design is just to cute.

    Have a great week.
    Smiles

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  10. That is darling, it is the perfect "!" mark to that chair....you give me ideas!

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  11. That is really a sharp look. I haven't seen it before. I admit I wasn't keen on the gold legs idea, but I sure like how this variation turned out!

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  12. Amazing how a tiny little detail can change everything. That Kelly is so smart!!

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  13. How fun! I haven't seen this! Hope you are having a great week!...hugs...Debbie

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  14. What a great idea!! I need to go look around my house to see what piece I can do this technique to.

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  15. How pretty! Now I am frantically trying to think of what I can "dip"!

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  16. Absolutely fabulous! It really gives the chair that extra little special touch. Also, I've just awarded you the Versatile Blog Award... when you get a chance, stop on over to THIS POST to accept it!

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