rocking chair

I found this rocking chair last summer at goodwill for $5 and just finally gave it a new look for my nephew's birthday. It had several coats of paint and since i really, really didn't want to strip it and i also really didn't want to do a lot of sanding it just sat in our garage until last week.

Here's the before:

A few days before my nephew's bday party i decided to call my dad and get his advice. Sure enough he told me i should strip it which i then told him was out of the question. Luckily for me, he figured out that i was really only interested in getting the job done as quickly and with as little work/time as possible and that all i wanted to hear was, "sand it a tiny bit, spray paint it and you should be good to go". As a bonus he also said he'd drop by an electric sander to make the job go even more quickly.

 So, i figured out how to use the sander ALL BY MYSELF, even trimmed and changed the paper w/o help, and sanded it for just a tiny bit. Maybe went through 4 pieces of paper and called it good. Then...

i sprayed it with a primer, let it completely dry and sprayed it with several coats of this semi-gloss paint. (i used a can and 1/2 to get a good cover)

 Here's the "after": 

 

I noticed a few spots on the bottom rungs that should have been sanded a bit more, they look kind of rough and like they might decide to bubble up. At least i have a 1/2 bottle of spray paint left over and can just keep covering it up as many times as needed. ;)