Sarah Finks | Contributor

This past weekend while the twins and were napping, I grabbed my 4-year-old and headed to the thrift store (don't worry, the mister was home.) My 4-year-old had a lovely time climbing on all of the second hand sofas. And I found this adorable little chair... for $4.

Doesn't look like much does it? First I removed the old seat cover and sanded the whole thing down.

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Next up, a light painting with Benjamin Moore's Radiant Skies, followed by some serious distressing. I followed the lines of the piece to highlight its shape. When it comes to distressing, my motto is "go big or go home!" Don't be shy — put your back into it!

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After the distressing was to my satisfaction, I rubbed the entire piece with Valspar's antiquing glaze. And used Rub n' Buff along all of the edges. I just followed the lines using the tiniest bit of antique gold. To seal this chair I used two coats of Johnson's paste wax.

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The seat cover I replaced with a piece of bleached drop cloth. It is hard to tell from the pictures, but these drop cloths actually have tiny threads of blue running through them, and I think it adds just the right amount of texture. What do you think?

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Not bad for four bucks, huh?

Sarah Finks is a local mom and blogger, who lovingly restores furniture in her spare-time. Feel free to e-mail her at threeboys.home@gmail.com or check out her blog at threeboys-home.blogspot.com for more furniture makovers.