How to Make a Victorian Looking Adirondack Chair
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Adirondack chairs are equally at home on the beach or in an English country garden.Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images
Cut out Victorian-style images from thin paper such as wallpaper, gift wrap, art posters and books. Ensure the painted chair's surface is clean and smooth, free of dirt and dust particles. Position an image on the chair's surface. Trace around the image lightly with a pencil, and set the image aside. Working quickly in one foot sections, apply the decoupage medium to the chair with a brush or sponge applicator. - 2). Place the image into the tracing. Press with a sponge to eliminate bubbles, creases and excess decoupage medium. Smooth and flatten the image working outwards. Check the image over the course of an hour to ensure no air bubbles have formed under the paper. Continue working over the entire chair, adding your images and smoothing. Let the chair dry completely for about one week.
- 3). Apply three to five coats of varnish or acrylic polyurethane to the completely cured chair.
