Garden Seat Makeover {Ballard Designs Knock-Off}

Some of you may remember the thrifting and antiquing outing that I went on with a bunch of other home decor girls in Nashville. We had so much fun that day!  One of the treasures that I brought home were two oriental garden seats. I paid less than $14 for the pair! The other girls told me I had to get them because they couldn’t since they were flying.  No problem here!

My 2 year old likes them, can’t you tell?

When I saw that Ballard Designs is selling garden seats for $139.00 a pop, {oh my word, who would pay that??} I decided to get my spray painting on!

I picked up some Valspar primer from Lowe’s and when I walked outside on Saturday morning to spray paint the garden seats, I realized that the wind was blowing Mary Poppin’s style.  Seriously.

Have you ever tried spray painting in the wind?  Don’t. Basically you might as well just forget it because the wind blows the paint far far away…which is just completely pointless.  Who cares if the wind is spray painted? Ahem.

Moving on…

Before & After The Primer

I noticed that the primer really made the imperfections show, so I grabbed a sanding pad and smoothed down the rough places before continuing with white paint.

I already had a can of Krylon’s Satin Bright White spray paint, so I saved my $$ and used it. I did several light coats for each stool.  It just took time and patience.

To say that I’m thrilled with how the garden seats turned out would be a huge understatement.

For now, this garden seat is going to sit right beside my apple green vanity desk.  I’m not sure where I’m going to place the other one, but I can guarantee that it will be lovely.

Can you believe how similar these seats are?

Ballard Designs…I’m pretty sure I just “one-upped” you. Bwahaha!

Do you have garden stools or seats at your house? I obviously live under a rock because I had no clue that’s what these things were called until I was enlightened by Nester at Blissdom!  {blush}

XO

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