Faux Metallic Furniture Legs

Faux Metallic Furniture Legs

Posted by DecoArt on Apr 5th 2015

Hi everyone!  This is Trish from Uncommon Designs and today I am sharing part of my daughter’s big girl room makeover.  My little one loves everything with a little sparkle and glitter.  When it came to adding some legs to a piece of furniture we decided to go a metallic finish to suit her totally glam taste.

Items Needed:

  • Furniture Legs
  • Paintbrush
  • Protected Work Surface

Instructions:

These are actually two futon chairs that we found online.  My little one loved that they were pink and when you put two together, it actually looked like a couch. As she has grown older, she wanted something that was a little higher off the ground.  Luckily, the chair comes with removable feet on the bottom and the holes would fit furniture legs perfectly!

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I picked up four wooden furniture legs for each chair from the home improvement store and was ready to roll.  They even came with the screws already threaded and attached!

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To achieve the metallic look, I used Americana Multi -Surface Satin paint in the silver metallic. It  really is so shiny and sparkly!

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All you need to do is set out your furniture legs and paint a couple of coats of silver... it is that easy!

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When they are dry, unscrew the pads that are on the bottom of the chairs and twist on your furniture legs.

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This will give you a really good idea of the transformation that took place.  My daughter was so glad to have a comfortable place to sit that was higher than before.

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We are so grateful that now we have a couch for just the cost of a few furniture legs and some paint.  My daugther loves it and feels so grown up and glamorous. Mission complete!  Now to get her to stop growing and stay seven forever!

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