The Peacock Chair

I have great friends!

They give me "stuff" they no longer want that I can use for projects.

Recently my friend, Kimbo, of Kimbo's Frame & Design, gave me 3 great chairs. Kimbo is a wonderful artist, so I'm surprised she didn't do something fantastic with the chairs. She must not have been "feeling it," so lucky me!!! The chairs are very old and 2 of them are painted white and are very, very distressed...they are perfect. Here is the 3rd chair...

When trying to decide what to do with the chair, I decided I'd paint it to go on my screened porch. The theme? A peacock chair. When I sit on my porch I can hear the peacocks screaming from the farm across the road. And, yes, they do sound like someone is screaming! 

 

I started by painting the chair a turquoise. I painted the back slats black. I dry brushed the woven seat with the turquoise.

I am an artist and have hand painted many a design onto furniture. But, this time I took the lazy way out...

Can you guess what the design is?

Here are a few more pictures before I reveal my secret...

And the answer is...

A NAPKIN!

And yes, it only took one napkin. I cut the napkin into 4 pieces and applied it to the chair with ModPodge. I went over the edges a little with the black paint just to make it blend better. Then I finished it off with a coat of polyurethane.

I've been a little obsessed with projects using napkins lately. Expect to see more napkin projects soon!

To learn more about Kimbo and see some of her work, go to www.kimbohemia.net.