Gossip Bench Re-do

This bench was my first attempt at Chalk Paint. I will never paint with any other technique ever again! (Okay, okay, I still love my spray paint) but there is no other way to hand paint. You don't have to sand or prime your furniture. All it requires is a little patience, two coats of paint (color of your choice), a brush, and this mixture that I found at the creative cute mind at SNAP blog! :) 

Here is the bench (BEFORE), this cute gossip bench only cost me $20! :)

Here's after the first coat of paint...

Second coat with a little bit of sanding...

And finally, DRIED and sealed! It's amazing how the color can really change in between coats, but I'm sure pictures taken at different times in the day doesn't help either!

This bench could not be complete without a cute bench cushion. I had never made a bench cushion before but found this tutorial very helpful at the CSI project! What a crafty lady! Mine is nowhere near as cute as hers, but she has some great directions to follow to make is easy to keep up!

I bought this foam at Hobby Lobby with my trusty 40% off coupon! Only cost me $3.00!

Cut it to size...I used plain old scissors but if you have one of those 

electronic-kitchen-knife-cutter-majigs 

(I'm obviously not a cook) than you might be better off for a cleaner cut. 

This crazy cute fabric was actually left over from an Tucker's first dog bed. The little butthead had ripped it up (among with many other unmentionables) while he was still a pup and I salvaged and washed the remaining fabric. It was WAY too cute to not recycle!