confessions of a paint-a-holic...

Ok...

Today I was scrolling through

'A Bowl Full of Lemons' blog

{great info by the way}

and saw that in a recent post there was

 one of those link parties going on.

I noticed one entry called

"Who paints this?"

They asked readers to not think of them
as crazy.



Then these two creative women explained
that the hot pink sofa was a prop
for a daughters birthday party.

{they admitted that it's stiff and crunchy}


They asked the question

"who paints this?"

Here's the confession:
And I answered
"I did."

Really.

I did.

I painted my sofa and love seat!

A soft creamy, leather like white.

Before you think I'm crazy
{maybe I am!}

and click out of this post,

please give me a second to explain:

We have 6 often messy kids.

We have 2 hairy drooling dogs.

We have 1 perfect cat.

And we feed our local high school's

varsity football team

{largest school in the state}

messy, drippy, Italian feasts weekly 

all season long.

{usually around 12 weeks with play-offs}

And there are about 65 guys
plus parent volunteers.
That's 780+ plates of food
consumed in the dining room, family rec room,
living room, den, back deck,
screened in area under deck
every fall.

{That's crazy!}

We have a sofa and love seat
that was covered in a
celery green micro suede.
I loved it when it was clean.
But several years later
it was getting harder and harder
to get clean.


"Maybe I'll just donate the furniture
and start over."
But that didn't make any sense:
*The kids aren't grown
*The football team was returning
for a new season.
*And my slip covers were tired.
Very tired.

Then an idea.


It came from my sister.
 
She painted a set of GW chairs
that she had in a
covered outdoor seating area.

She used a semi-gloss dark gray paint
and they looked like
vintage leather chairs!
Not crunchy or stiff.
Just leather-like.
Hmm.

My thought process:
I love the structure of the furniture.
It's the fabric that I have a problem with.
I could donate and $tart over...no.
What do I have to loose?

I got out my semi gloss white paint

I painted the loveseat
and hired one of our daughters
to paint the sofa.
She earned some cash.
No more cleaning furniture for hours for me.
We are all happy!

My 'confession.'

The pink couch is entry  #4

and my confession is #181

in the link party

over at

"A Bowl Full of Lemons."

 

Have a creative and happy weekend!

 

Xo deborah

abowlfulloflemons.blogspot.com