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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Yard Sale Rockers All Cleaned Up




I scored these rockers for $25 each at a garage sale over the weekend.

You can read more about that here.  They were pretty filthy when I bought them, so I spent my Friday afternoon cleaning them up.
Yep, they were definitely filthy.....
....until I used a water and bleach ratio of 2:1 and scrubbed for over an hour. 

The dirt was in deep, that's for sure!

Even after scrubbing them with bleach water, they still had a few stubborn stains, so I picked up two cans of spray paint to make the chairs look new again.

I love spray paint.....
......it's such and inexpensive and dependable solution to many of my thrifty finds:)

Now the rockers look like new!  Matt and I have spent every evening on the porch talking till the sun goes down since I cleaned up these chairs, so I'd say that's $50 well spent:)

15 comments:

  1. I agree, very well spent,

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  2. These look great! I'm a new follower!

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  4. great job on cleaning these up! Thank you for linking up to Sew Woodsy last week. We hope you'll come back today and link up another craft project!

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  5. I love all your furniture projects. I love the dining room table and chairs.
    I am following you from Wandering Wednesday.

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  6. They cleaned up great and they do look brand new now! I'm following you too and I love the name of your blog!


    Rondell

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  7. I love this project! You have inspired me to keep searching this summer for something to put on our front porch. We have a wrap around porch and I had just about given up on finding anything affordable to put on it! Thanks for sharing!

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  8. What a score! They look great. I wish I had a big porch to fit rocking chairs.

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  9. ah i wish i had a porch...these are great!!!! great find girl :) :)

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  10. Hi this is Nicole from Colie’s Kitchen I just discovered your blog and wanted to drop by and say hi. I am now a new follower. I would love to have you stop by Colie’s Kitchen if you get a chance. www.colieskitchen.com

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  11. The chairs look brand spankin new! It looks like you and your hubby will have a lot of nice evenings on the porch together.

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  12. What a difference a little love can do for those rockers. They look great!
    I'm following you from Mingle Monday hop and now following you on GFC. I'll look around before I leave and find your facebook page to make sure I'm a fan.

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  13. Hello There! I'm a new fan from the Give It to Me Monday hop! :)

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  14. Blog Hopping:)I am your new follower and I hope you can follow my blog and participate in the giveaways too!

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