THE BEFORE
It is time for the big reveal of our procrastination projects. YES, it has been two weeks already. My, where does the time go? Nearly 90 of you signed up to do this. Confession time. Did you do your project? Did you even START on your project? Or did things end up somewhere in the middle between started and completed?
I’ll go first. I’m not finished with my chairs. Oh, stop, I’ve had stuff going on, really I have! I didn’t procrastinate, I just had some “situations.” Some of my excuses are huge (Let’s just say it has been a rough week, a very rough week {insert crickets} — I’ll tell you more on Friday), and some of my issues were minor like waiting for SUN so I could paint outside. And then there was the fact that it took a lot longer to dry to primer than I expected and I couldn’t just whip these together at the last minute.
But all excuses aside, I am excited that I got started. I am SO THANKFUL to all of you for joining in with me.
It was just the motivation I needed. In fact, I was so glad I had this project to distract me from my horrible week. Otherwise I might have stayed in bed and eaten far too much ice cream and chocolate while crying over the tabloid rumors about Jon & Kate Plus 8 (which incidentally has nothing to do with my terrible week, but it was just one more thing to cry over. I didn’t need that.)
It was a good thing I had something more productive to do.
So what color did I choose? I decided to go with spring green for the chairs, and then (in another lifetime maybe) I’ll paint my table black. I am all about adding some fun happy moments in my decor lately so spring green to the rescue! And you know I have been obsessing over green so what choice did I have but to choose green?
THE AFTER: Ah, SPRING GREEN, oh how I love you
Actually, Pear Green (Pottery Barn/Benjamin Moore)
I have two chairs that have their first coat of paint, and one that still has just primer. The others were set aside for later, I just couldn’t tackle them all at once. I had a few oopsies along the way (don’t look too closely) but overall, I think they turned out OK.
If you liked them better before or wished I would have painted them a different color, you don’t need to tell me that. Just smile and nod and say “WOW, you sure worked hard on those” or something like that. Or I might cry, I’m a little sensitive right now.
They ARE a little bright, but I think they are going to be just the pop of color I was looking for to make even cloudy or dreary days (or otherwise bad days) feel a little more happy.
So, how did your project go? Go ahead, spill the whole story of your procrastination. And link up some after photos for us while you are at it!
I’m looking forward to curling up in my chair and reading through every single one of your posts.
UPDATE: If you are just arriving at the party, it is NOT TOO LATE to add your post! I love fashionably late people!
Great job! I love your color choice.
Peggy
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I had been procrastinating my island and chairs for months, but I didn’t sign up to begin with. Your upcoming party did get my butt in gear though, does that count?
I hope you are doing well and I can’t wait to see who links up. And I LOVE your chairs!!
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Thank you, and yes, IT COUNTS!
I love, love, love that color green. And they will look wonderful with a black table!!!! We moved to the midwest three years ago – from Washington (close to Tacoma). I know what you mean about the rain! And you are right – that color green will be cheerful on all the rainy days ahead. Thanks for hosting this. It got me started, and now I hope to keep some momentum and attack another project!
Sorry you have had a bad week! I hope it’s nothing too terrible, and that things get better soon!
Shannon
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Wow! I’ve never been first on anyone’s Mr. Linky before!
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It looks lovely! So cheerful and fun. Good job!
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Very pretty, I’ve got this color of green “all over the place” here at my house. I love it. I KNOW! The Jon and Kate plus 8 thing just makes me SICK. The last wholesome family (or so I thought).
Sheila
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I absolutely LOVE the color! Great choice, Melissa!
Thanks so much for hosting this party. I’m way happier in my space now than I was two weeks ago AND proved to myself that I could teach myself some new things.
I hope this week is going better for you!
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okay melissa…those are SOOOO CUTE! i want to know HOW you did those!? will you share the details? i inherited some chairs and a table (along with the couch circa 1950!) and i’m trying to figure out how to make them CUTE- paint would do it but i have no clue how!
Hi Heidi! I took those woven seats off (they were just screwed on) and then at first I just used a sheet of sandpaper to rough up the surface, but that didn’t work so well. So, I got out my HAND SANDER and went over them. Wiped them off with a tack cloth and then painted two coats of a tinted primer (at the paint store they tinted it the same color as my paint). I sanded off any big drips or rough spots. Then I did one coat of the real paint and will do a second one after I sand off some more of the little oopsies. Just to be safe
I wanted FUN and HAPPY so paint is definitely the solution for that!
thanks melissa! i’m cutting and pasting those directions in to a word doc RIGHT now and that is my project…love the chairs. and melissa – i was so sorry – oh, so sorry to read about the house today. i just feel for you so much….
Hi Melissa. Wow, your chair looks great! I recall your earlier post about how much you love green. You sure picked the perfect shade for that chair. Congratulations, and thank you for sharing your before and after photographs! ~Arleen
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I’m sorry you’ve had a rough week. On the bright side, your chair looks fantastic! I really do like the green. It’s so cheery and unexpected, but not over the top. Well done!
And thanks for the little push to get something done. Yes, I got ONE thing done…but that’s one more than 2 weeks ago right?
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LOVE the color… and with a black table… I never would have come up with that on my own (that’s why I have people like you to copy
… LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!
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I love that spring green on the chairs, I bet it really makes the room quite cheery!
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Your chair looks wonderful. I love it in it’s new coat of spring green.
I am re-doing some chairs too. One at a time. They take so long to paint, it is just better that way. I get too overwhelmed trying to do them all at once.
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I love your newly painted chair. I have that color in my laundry room and it’s certainly a color that is ‘happy’. I also got my project done!!! YEAH!
Thank you for motivating us to join you, I certainly needed it.
Have a wonderful day,
Tam
Tams inspiring blog post..Procrastinator Project – Rocking Chair – Done!!!
That green is definitely NOT too bright, in my opinion–I love them. You’ve done a great job. What green is that? Rustoleum from Home Depot, or the other kind from Lowe’s? I’ve got to go find something to paint green now.
I didn’t join your party, because I’m the queen of procrastinating, but I guess I still could–I haven’t finished a painting (the living room) project that I began in JANUARY. Since I began it, I discovered I was accidentally pregnant, but that’s NO excuse, right?
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Ok, I totally forgot to put the paint color in the post! And, forgot to mention that I used real paint and a BRUSH. Yep, no spray painting these babies.
The color is Pear Green from Benjamin Moore. It is also in the Pottery Barn favorite paint color deck.
Congrats on the accidental pregnancy
That is fun 
Your projects are always a source of inspiration for me. Thanks so much for the encouragement on my procrastinator party project…I can’t believe I can finally check it off from my to do list (just been there for the past 2 years:).
Big Thanks,
Imelda
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Thank you, I’m glad you did your floor, it looks so great!
I am almost done with my laundry room makeover, but I have to wait till daylight to take pictures. Your party was just the kick in the pants that I needed!
I like the color of green that you choose, it is so cheerful! And I don’t know if you did this on purpose, but the cute green pillow in the background matches perfectly. Love it!
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Okay, Melissa, I’m a dork! It says easy chicken stir fry because that’s what I entered on the last Mr. Linky! Could you delete that part? Anyway, I’m so sorry you’ve had such a rough week, but I love the green!! You have to tell us the color~I just love it. You need to do this challenge every few months~I work best with a deadline
thanks, Melissa!
That is a great idea, maybe we could do a QUARTERLY challenge for the season. I like it. I’ll do it!
It looks awesome, but more importantly it’s painted
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LOVE the GREEN chairs! Would you share the color paint brand? Thanks!!
Tina~ Cherry Hill Cottage…
Sorry I forgot to put it in the original post! Pear Green, Benjamin Moore!
Your chair looks great and best of all you have started and have made progress. I am a purple person through and through, but second is the lime, pear and other shades of wonderful greens. Very perky.
I have ALMOST finished redecorating a bathroom and bedroom that were recently painted. Need to get a bed squared away before the two paintings that will go on the wll above the bed can go up.
Thanks for the encouragement, it was a HUGE help.
That shade of green is so wonderful and in my opinion works so well. I have repainted and covered some old kitchen chairs recently. I did them all mismatched but I love the result. Thanks for sharing.
Love the green! It is a pretty uplifting, sunny, happy color.
What a great color…who’d a thunk that’s be so fun. I started some pics on finalllllyyyyyy finishing a project outside – painting the last section of fencing around our pool. Didn’t post it though, but definitely got spurred on with this PP (procrastination projection). The final product….went from white to black. It looks great!
Those chairs are fabulous! I too love the color! I have to confess that I too got caught up in the scandal that is Jon and Kate, and between that and a disk problem, my project suffered, but thanks for the motivation to get back on track!
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I think they look brilliant! That green is fabulous! Thanks for the inventive party idea, it really got my butt in gear. Public shame can be such a beautiful thing.
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Love it- Green must be in the air- I just painted a pot “lettuce alone”
love the idea of a black table with the chairs- question where did you get your white sofa?
Thanks for the encouragement-
Hugs
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Fabulous color – fantastic job! I love green too. My mom finds that really funny because when I was growing up I absolutely hated green – was much more into pink and blue. Now that I’m all grown up I am finding that green can be a perky picker-upper (like the pear green of your chairs!) or calm and soothing (like the every popular sage greens) or even warm and cozy (like a deep hunter green.) Yea green – and yea for your chair make-over project – well worth the wait!
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Good Morning Mel,
I had done the b4 & after projects I planned in right time. As you, knew am home for recovery but my fingers won’t allow me to lay down and just chill out.
Your chair is absolutely gorgeous! Just brush and paint can really make a difference. Job well done, Lady…
Have a great day!
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love the chair and how it turned out, such a pretty colour, and the seat…to die for
I joined in for two of my projects, I hope that is ok in your partay? of course delete one if it isn’t…
the burlap had been sitting in the study for months until last weekend when I made table runners, cushions and bucket bags….too funny how it all happened at once, but I guess that is me all over
great inspiration on the chair
Sarah
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I love the chair. The color is so pretty and peaceful!
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Your chair looks so fresh and pretty! I started mine but due to budget didn’t finish. Gonna get the rest of the stuff this weekend to finish my last chair and table.
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You chose the most scrumptious color! That green is a delight and with a black table…ohhh, it’s going to be marvelous. (I’m so sorry that you had a week from, well, not a good week. Love ya you know!) Thanks for just the amount of motivation that I’ve needed to do a project that has been needed for a long, long time. I feel as if I’m joining the 21st Century at last.
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They are beautiful, very springy (!) and refreshing.
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Hi Melissa, I love your chairs by the way. Your paint job looks great. That must have taken you quite awhile. I like pops of color too so the green will look fabulous I am sure. I just did a project where I finally painted the backs of my bookcases and it looks so incredible. When I was done I was sad I waited almost 8 years to do it. I think I finished the project the week after you started the Procrastinator Party so I didn’t think I should link but I think it is awesome that you have inspired yourself and so many others to get off our duffs and beautify our homes and ourselves.
Jenn
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I LOVE your chair! I wish I could do a color like that!! – I’ve been lovin’ green lately too – actually my last trip to GW was all green items! LOL
I *HOPE* to get my post up today – you know I got my room painted, but I’m having computer issues – so I’m not sure if I can get my pictures online (but I think I may have a way) – so wish me luck on getting them up!!
~TidyMom
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That chair is just AWESOME! I liked it before but the after is just WOW! That green is gorgeous and it makes the chair really stand out! What a lovely chair!
I have so many jobs that we’ve been procrastinating on…in particular installing trim on our main floor. I’m now thinking of doing that fake wainscoting (with painted walls and trim). We’re alos finally- after six years of living here- redoing our backyard so that we can have a lawn there. Of course it had to rain really hard the last few days before we can get the grass seed down!
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I love the green! I have a little bench on my patio that I painted a similar color and I love the pop of color it gives in a shady corner. I’ll be looking for 2 more side chairs to paint a fun color or finish with a bright fabric at some point. Have to wait for a bargain!
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I love the color!!! Nice job, Melissa. If I had all you have going on, I’d just be curled up on the couch. Oh wait, I have nothing going on and that is what I am doing. I did not get one single project done in the last 2 weeks. I blame the beach.
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Hi! I didn’t participate, and am new here, but I just love the color of the chairs! My daughter painted some bookcases a similar green, and it looks great in her dining room with all the other dark furniture.
Hope you are doing better.
Mary Lou
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So, so pretty!!!!
Yes! I love this choice and can see it with a black table. Stunning!
Hope your days get brighter inside and out!
Thanks Melissa~
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I’m a total failure! I didn’t get done what I intended to BUT I got a bunch of other things done. Does that count? My original plan was to finish sewing the skirt for my bathroom sink. What I should have thought about when I signed up was the fact that we are in the middle of a huge project that would require all my attention.
So, in the last week I’ve painted 4 pieces of furniture and lots and lots of trim. No sewing but the painting had to get done.
Your chairs look great, love the color!
~Michelle
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Love the green chairs. I have a lot of green in my house. It’s a great color–can be fun. Can have a peaceful feel to it also. Thank you, Melissa, for hosting such a fun project. Mine wasn’t big but it created challenges for me anyway. I’m proud to say I finished. Stop by and see my cleaned up pantry. ~Kathy
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Melissa, I love that color (it’s the color I used in my kitchen)! I didn’t do my original project because we had too much rain, but I did an alternate.
I think it would be great to do this every now and then. It’s good motivation to tackle projects!
Manuela
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I wish I would have signed up for this party! I am in the process of finishing projects that I have allowed to go waaayyy too long. I love the green chair! Very cute!!
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Sincerely ~ Tricia Anne
Sorry you’ve had a rough week, but your chair looks great! I love that color. So fresh.
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Your chair (s) is lovely!
I’m sorry you had a tough week. Hope it gets better!
Love your chairs! Such a great pop of color! Thanks for the great idea for this party – I am having so much fun looking at what people did. It’s like I’m at a reunion!
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So sorry you are having a bad week….
The chairs look great! The green is a cheery color and will look great with a black table….
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Love that color green! I’ve been adding it in my kitchen, too! I didn’t sign up for the party, but I did get some fleece blankets made and mailed out!
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