Gelato setting

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Gelato setting

Sunday, January 30, 2011 6:02 PM

Give your old outdoor furniture a deliciously sweet makeover.

Take to the furniture – whether it be wood or metal – with a wire brush and sandpaper, and finish off with paint. Include the garden umbrella in the revamp with fun polka-dot additions to its cover, and scatter matching cushions on chairs and benches. With your outdoor setting looking its absolute best for summer, you can reward yourself – with a gelato, of course!

Table

Gather your supplies
(Slat timber outdoor table)

Tarpaulin
Wire brush
Electric sander with 120-grit sandpaper
Dulux Weathershield Low Sheen Acrylic in White, Featherbed (light blue), Passion Flower (pink), Cream Cake (cream), Vision (mauve) and Spatial Spirit (light green)
Spray gun
Safety gear
Paintbrush

STEP 1

Lie your table on tarpaulin and sweep away cobwebs and dust. Then use wire brush to remove any flaking paint.

STEP 2

Working in direction of grain, sand top, bottom and legs of table with electric sander. When table is smooth, wipe away dust and it’s ready to be painted.

STEP 3

Dilute white paint by adding 100ml water per litre of paint. Fill spray gun bottle with diluted paint. Wearing safety gear, spray entire table surface. Let dry.

STEP 4

Working with outdoor paint in gelato-like colours and using a colour sequence of your choice, brush a different colour onto each slat. Let dry. Apply a second coat of paint.

Umbrella

Gather your supplies
(Old outdoor umbrella)

120-grit sandpaper and sanding block
Tarpaulin
White rust-resistant spray paint
Safety gear
Assorted cups, bowls and plates
Polka-dot cotton fabric
Fray Stop
Scissors
Fabric glue
Pencil
Lint-free cloth

STEP 1

Carefully remove umbrella cover and set aside. Working on tarpaulin, sand smooth umbrella arms and pole. Dust off then lightly spray-paint arms and pole white. Let dry.

STEP 2

Draw several circles of different sizes onto wrong side of polka-dot fabric. The easiest way to do this is to use a pencil to trace around various cups, bowls and plates.

STEP 3

To prevent raw edges of fabric from fraying, run a thin line of Fray Stop around pencil outline of each circle. Let dry, then use sharp pair of scissors to cut out each circle.

STEP 4

Re-fit cover on frame. Arrange circles on cover to your liking. Working with 1 circle (wrong-side up) at a time, run glue just inside fabric edge. Position circle (right-side up) on cover.

Cushions

Whip up matching cushions, too. Just stitch two 42cm fabric squares, right-sides together, leaving a gap for filling. Turn right-side out, insert cushion and stitch gap closed. Easy!