You can't beat that deal! I think painting it olive is a great idea.

After painting it this morning, but it is NOT blue. It is a beautiful olive color, my camera isn't capturing the color at all. I tried several times. Someone else here had a problem when photographing the greens of her garden shed too I remember.

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It looks perfect placed on that wonderful stone area.I love that color.

I agree, the blue actually wouldn't have been a bad choice.

Great wicker love seat! It looks like a wonderful place to sit and have a cup of tea :)

How perfectly charming! It is so funny you posted this, I just pulled my old white wicker loveseat out and have a can of paint ready to apply - mine is sortof a purple plum color. I love the way you can totally change the effect of wicker that way - over the years I have had that loveseat white then rose then a deep green and then white again and now plum is in its near future. Smile.

I have several wicker pieces I've had for eons:

a 1976 Papa-san chair (seats two):

a barrel chair and matching ottoman/table (I bought at a garage sale this spring for $15),

and a 1976 Loveseat (from the old Pier One Imports, back in the day when it was an actual import shop like you'd find in old Algiers or Bangladesh, and could also buy all kinds of paraphernalia in the black light room at the back). Still have the cushions for the Loveseat.

The barrel table and chair were natural wicker and painted over with a pine green, which is now nearly all worn off except in a few places. Love the the way that looks. I won't paint over it.

When I get my patio cover built (soon), they will all be able to go out there on the patio.

I had an old wicker settee similar to yours schoolhouse that I found in an alley. My daughter and I hauled it home. I used it for years until it disintegrated and then the cats used it until it turned to dust. It was broken down on one side, so I put some bricks under that leg to support it. It didn't show out in the garden and suited me just fine. It was an antique Federal Blue (a very popular colour back in the 70s - if you look in old Country Living magazines you will see that colour used a lot) :)

I am ALWAYS on the lookout for anything wicker.
I also found a wicker bathroom shelf (fancy schmancy) at that same garage sale in that same colour of Fed. blue. She had all the old Fed blue and white geese decor things from the 70s. I bought it all! That is where I got those big blue and white pots in my kitchen too. I scored big time!
I also bought a solid oak water bed frame with headboard and footboard for only $5 on the last day of her sale. She originally had it priced for $75 and then went to $50. I'm going to nail side boards to hold slats and use it as a frame for my big California King bed.
I found a bunch of great children's books for my grands, and a terrific Southern Living Cookbook. (What fantastic recipes!)

I love finding reusable things at garage sales and in people's trash.

I bought a bunch of cans of antique green spray paint a couple of weeks ago so I could paint my 1950s iron garden chairs, two step-ladders, and a few other things. I've been waiting for a still day when not too hot to paint.

Love this topic.
Thanks schoolhouse!

~Annie

I remember Pier One Imports stores like that.

Funny you should mention the wicker that has the paint almost worn off, I like them at that point too! Designers used to call it the "distressed look". ha.