Time: 8 hours.
Cost: $9.00
If you have an old ugly chair and are equally tired of staring at that giant pile of ten million old magazines in the corner of your bathroom, this project is for you.
TOOLS & SUPPLIES
Old chair
As many old magazines and newspapers as you can find
Modge Podge
STEPS:
1. Find an old chair. It could be one at your house that you're bored with, or you can purchase one from the store like I did. Mine came from my local Betty Griffin House Thrift Store for around $3.00. Big spender, I know. After you have your chair- CLEAN IT! Especially if it came from a second hand store. You don't know where that thing has been, plus you want a clean surface to glue your paper to.
2. Get your paws on some Modge Podge or some other sort of glue. Elmers will work just as well, but modge podge works better because it puts a nice seal over the final product. Modge podge will run you around $8.00. Elmers, about a dollar. If you want to pinch pennies, I would recommend the Elmers.
3. Gather your magazines and begin ripping off small pieces of paper. I chose to make my chair mostly magazine text, but you can make it look however you like. Get creative and incorporate images from your favorite magazine's over the years if you like. It's all about forming a collage for the final product.
4. Once you have a decent pile of paper, begin glueing the the pieces on the chair. Apply a small amount of modge podge to the back of each piece and paste them on one by one. At the end, if you want to seal the chair you can cover the entire outside of the chair with modge podge to prevent accidental future water damage.
I found that this was a good project to work on gradually. I would work on it for about an hour a day over a week's time before I finally finished it. A girl can only glue so many pieces of paper to a chair before she starts to question reality. Regardless! This was a simple project that can easily be used to give new life to an old piece of furniture.
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