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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Dining Chair transformation!

BEWARE!
 The before may make you vomit gross you out, but I saw the potential!
I got these chairs from a relative, that has had them in storage for about a decade. They were cleaning it out and decided they would never refinish this dining set, so they were off to the D.I. Then they remembered that I had been searching for a new set, and asked me if I wanted them...
I hesitated a bit once I saw them, but I thought I could see what I could do. The worst that could happen was I painted them the wrong color and had to redo it right, plus, if I couldn't get them how I wanted I could just give them to the D.I. and keep up my searching! They were practically free!
The before:

They did inform me that the beauty mark of a stain right there is actually mahogany stain that had spilt on it years ago! That made me feel a bit better!
The after:
I felt like I needed something to add to the chairs because I have a problem they seemed dull to me, so I reverted back to my ever so handy wood scrolls (maybe I just have an addiction to wood scrolls?)
Plopped one of those on the back of each chair and glazed it to add a little pop!
I need to finish my glazing around it, but I ran out, one of the many problems I faced while redo this dining set!
Anyway, I am quite pleased with the end result. I am still trying to find 4 coordinating fabrics to go on all 4 chairs ( I have a bench on one side of my table). Either that or I want one fabric that has teals, browns, greens, oranges, yellows, and purples or reds. If you know of any fabric that matches that...LET ME KNOW! I will love you forever!
The "TWO tables into ONE" transformation will hopefully be tomorrow, if I finish it today! If not...I will be ticked, sometimes my ideas in my head are almost impossible and it drives ME the HUBBY crazy!
 Maybe I will just give a partial reveal tomorrow if I still am not finished. (In my head it's going to be beautiful, maybe it won't work out like that in real life though?)
Have Happy Weekend People!!
Tasha
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11 comments:

Jenny said...

I love the wood scrolls, I also like the idea of different fabrics on all the chairs, Very cool... The chairs look great.. Have a good day...

Karen said...

Wow- Those chairs look great! You did a great job! Welcome to the blogging world. Saw you on Ucreate! stop by when you get a chance:
www.karismaheartsavannah.blogspot.com

Mel said...

Tasha, this is too weird because I just started working on my very similar chairs this morning. The forecast called for a warm and sunny day, but it's cool, overcast and windy, not great weather for spray painting. I also have two table, but decided to use the ONE that I bought separately from the dining set that the chairs are a part of.

I' looking forward to what you do with your set.

Katie @ This Chick Cooks said...

I saw your blog over at ucreate. I like your chair makeovers. Post when you get your fabric picked out!

I'm just getting into blogging too so maybe we can help each other along. http://notjustdecorating.blogspot.com/

Bec said...

Hey I LOVE it!!! Ive never been game to try a project like this.. i just sew! xx Love your blog!! and congrats on Kari!! Thats amazing!! xx i had to laugh at the Lebron Joke... i told my hubby...and he said..if shes really that good..she must be the Kobe Bryant!! hahah xx BOYS!

Sue@Uniquely Chic said...

Wow, amazing transformation!! I think I would have taken one look at those and said thanks but no thanks. Awesome redo!!

Unknown said...

Amazing redo! Love the cane chairs.

Tauni said...

Wow. What a transformation! Amazing.

Stacy Clayburn said...

These are awesome! I know who to come to if I need some help with yard sale treasures...

Chrissie said...

I love these chairs. I recently did a coffee table with cane in a similar colr. Great job. I just became follower #121

cariboucountry said...

Love the chairs! LOVE that brown/green fabric!

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