A couple of months ago I saw this awesome picture idea in a baby magazine. The photographer got an old high chair off of Craigslist, painted it, and let the cake fly. Looking at the picture, I realized that chair seemed a little TOO familiar. In fact, it appeared to be a cleaned up version of MY old high chair! So I made my dad unearth my 30 year old chair from the basement.
It was in pretty rough shape--30 years of basement life will do that to you. I cleaned it several times with Murphy's Oil Soap and made sure all the pieces were tight and it wouldn't fall apart. I decided not to sand it because the finish appeared to be gone. Also I figured sanding it probably would be difficult with the design.
I spray painted the heck out of it... and I'm not sure if I needed more paint (two cans down, more to go?) or I really needed to sand it, but I had small parts of the wood showing through, especially on the detailing. When it dried after the second coat, I decided to leave it. One, I didn't want to paint it AGAIN. Two, I kind of liked that it looked "aged" (as it was old). Three, I figured it'd take good shots anyway and only someone as picky as me could tell.
I was right about everything! Claire took her cake smash photos and looked great in the chair--and hey, bonus! Now we have a weird, clean, antique high chair if Claire ever wants to play real "house" someday!
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