Painted Adirondack Chairs | HomeRight Finish Max | DIY Paint
I laugh to myself when people bring me furniture and say “do you think these are even worth saving?”
These adirondack chairs were in rough shape when a client brought them over to me. But I was excited to work on them because I’d been wanting to use a bright color and they were the perfect guinea pigs.
Painting furniture with lots of little details is often tedious but I have a secret weapon….my HomeRight Finish Max! You’ve seen me use it for lots of projects. From patio furniture, to cabinets to bookshelves to walls the Finish Max is my quick and easy solution for tough jobs.
And when you combine it with DIY Chalk and Clay paint it’s a match made in heaven!
For these chairs I decided to use the color Old ’57.
It’s so bright and cheery!
I started by cleaning the chairs with a coarse bristle brush and soap and water.
Once they were dry I turned them upside down, thinned my paint by a 1:1 ratio and started painting.
Everything got 3 solid coats of paint.
And then sat them sun for several hours to dry. I sealed everything with DIY Liquid Patina. I applied it with a brush because I wanted a thick coat.
And here they are! Bright and beautiful painted Adirondack chairs, looking like new!
I LOVE them! The only other color I would’ve consider would ‘ve been a soft yellow, but these are AMAZING!
I love this! You used such a fun color–terrific! I have a couple of Adirondack chairs that look like your “before” picture. Now I have inspiration to make them wonderful! Thanks.
Love the color!!
I think the chair makeover turned out great. LOVE the color. The whole set is so bright, cheery and very welcoming.
But the original had such great character 🙁 Meh.
Sorry Sally. But in my business I cater to my clients needs. 🙂
Hugs,
Beth
Just love the look of the chair, so natural like its been there for awhile! Thank you for the chance!
Wow! Those turned out amazing!
Thanks for the opportunity!! I have some chairs that need paint in a bad way!
I love the color on these – it’s so cheery! Curious though…what caused the paint crackling on the chair arms?
Thanks Lina-the crackling is due to the condition of the weathered wood.
Beautiful result! Do you always water down chalk type paint 1:1 to put through the Homeright Sprayer? Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks Barb-yes, always water down the paint as it is too thick to go through the sprayer otherwise.
LOVE the chairs and the color of course!
I actually just found 4 old church pews that I want to restore. They were previously left outside and so the wood is in bad shape but I can’t wait to do what you did here and just bring them back to life a bit 🙂
HR Finish MAx would be perfect!
They turned out great! I am doing the same project, same color, this weekend only I am trying Rustoleum spray paint! Thank you for sharing!
WOW – just WOW !!!!
I LOVE those chairs and boy did that sprayer make things go faster. I have a lot to paint and this would be so much better than with a brush.
Love the blue and love the chairs by the pond…seems so peaceful!!
Love the color. Exactly what I was thinking……perfect
I love what you do and the way that you do it!
Thank you Brenda!
So loving the new color. All you need is a fruity drink, a good book, a pillow, and plop your fanny in those chairs and you have yourself set up for a great day. Would love to win the HomeRight finish max.
Amazing transformation! Love the color. And thank you for a chance to win!
Love the chairs!
Wow! What an improvement! They are so inviting…
So lovely! They look like brand new!
Love the way the chair looks! I must try this!
I just love the color. Great make over!
Beautiful color and great job on the makeover!
Love the color! Thanks for the chance to win!
Always love your transformations- the chairs look amazing.
Hoping to win a HomeRight Finish Max via Farm Fresh Vintage Finds so I can take my cabinet paining business to the next level. Having my own small business allows me to be home for my boys when they need me.
Adore the color!
beautiful makeover! I plan to get a Home Right sprayer soon, would love to win it!
Great transformation!
I have two adirondack chairs and a table that are in the same shape as the two you painted. They desperately need some color! This would be a great way to paint them.
I would love this to help paint the 20 plus pieces in my garage!
I have a plastic Adirondack chair….in rough shape from the weather. I think I’ll pick a DIY color and try it on this plastic chair! Love yours, great color!
I love seeing someone transform something that was truly headed for the dump otherwise. Great color choice!
Oooh I LOVE the chairs!! And that is my favorite color!!!
I would LOVE to paint our porch swing and porch rockers!! Great work on the chairs!
I absolutely LOVE that color and your HomeRight gives it such great coverage. Where has that been my whole life???
Love the color amazing job I can’t wait to try a sprayer never used one I am disabled so would make my life so much easier Thank You for the giveaway
Awesome job on the chairs – they look terrific!
The color is so pretty!! The chairs came out so beautiful!
Would love to try this on some dining rooms chairs I’m getting ready to do for my son. I have lots of furniture I could use this on!!
love the chairs. I would use the sprayer to paint my baker’s rack and patio set…..to begin with!
I love the chair and the color!
I love the rustic look but the chairs look SO much better painted!
Love the color and I knew you would make they look great!
I just love the idea of a paint sprayer for all my new projects at my new house. We had to fix up a 1988 house and one of the major projects I want to tackle is painting my kitchen cabinets.
I love the color. Comfy!!
My husband is going to make some Adirondacks this winter for our patio space. (I doubt he’d let me paint them, though, since he wants to use cedar…and I wouldn’t want to paint that beautiful stuff!)
I sure could use one of those sprayers, what with all the painting projects I have. A girl can dream!
Rebecca-cedar will be so pretty. You could always use the Finish Max to put a clear topcoat on them. 😉
Beth
Looks brand new! Great job!
the chairs look better than new!
I love the color of the chairs. I always paint mine white. I am going to have to break out of my rut!!
I love the color!
Gorgeous! I found your site while visiting HomeRight’s facebook page and I am so glad that I did! I can’t wait to dive deep into your refurbished vintage and your billy bookcase hack. I love to mix vintage with more modern pieces.
Love the color!
The chairs look awesome, I love the color.