Safari Animal Print Chair

Can you believe I incorporated 3 prints into ONE animal print safari chair?! If you love animal print, but YOU CAN'T DRAW, no worries! Today's chair is PROOF that YOU CAN, because I've got an easy fix for you!

Safari Print Painted Chair by Tracey's Fancy

How about a stencil???

Not into animal prints? Well, choose ANOTHER stencil that you LOVE and give this same process a try! You can watch the entire creation of this Animal Print Painted Chair on my YouTube video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OplXCXJluM

I happen to LOVE animal prints so I couldn't wait to try the new Dixie Belle Safari Stencil!

First, I primed the chair using Dixie Belle Boss in gray. This helps seal the original fabric and sets it up well for painting.

Alice and Queen Wonderland Chairs by Tracey’s Fancy

I painted the entire chair in Silk Anchor. I love using Silk on fabric as it dries with the smoothest, most amazing finish! I apply a thin coat with no water…. let it dry for about 2 hours and follow with a second thin coat…. again…. no water.

Once dry, I began adding the stencil designs. I chose Dixie Belle's gilding wax in Gold! It works really well with stencils and holds up great for high traffic spaces like a chair!

Tracey's Fancy holding Gold Gilding wax that she is showing she will use on her animal safari printed chair with a Dixie Belle Paint Company stencil

Tracey's Fancy holding up a best dang wax brush with Dixie Belle gold gilding wax that she will paint the safari print painted chair with

I chose leopard for the seat!

This is my FAVORITE of the prints! I just worked in sections matching up the pattern as I moved the stencil…. which is really easy!!! I applied the gold wax using my French Tip brush and the pouncing method (don't forget you can see this method on the YouTube video).