Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Dining Room Chairs

My dining room redo is moving along.  The table has been stripped, sanded, conditioned, and the first coat of stain has gone on it.  To tell you the truth I'm not sure it's going to look any better than my last try, but I'll keep my fingers crossed!  I have come to the conclusion it's the wood, not my technique (that's my story and I'm sticking to it!).

In the meantime I have finished four of the dining room chairs.  The four chairs match and will be on the sides of the table, and I have another set (another Craigslist purchase) that will go at the heads of the table. I'm not doing anything to the head chairs other than polishing the wood and cleaning the upholstery, so I'll show you them with the final reveal.  Here's what the four side chairs looked like originally:


And here's how the chairs look now.


I painted them with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Old White.



I sanded to bring out the detailing of the legs and the backs.  Then I finished with clear wax.


I've tried distressing ASCP before I put the wax on and after.  In this case I wish I would have sanded after the wax was put on since it gives me a bit more control, but I'm okay with how they turned out.

I recovered the seats with dropcloths.  I wanted the side chairs to be fairly simple because the head chairs are a velvet brocade (Betcha you want to see them now, right?  I'm going to keep you in suspense!) 


I'm pretty happy with the chairs, and I'll keep you posted on the table.  I also have to finish up a couple of mirrors and some other do-das for the room, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

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10 comments:

  1. those are beautiful! i love the chair back details!

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  2. Your chairs look lovely! I really like the design of on the chair backs. Some day I will buy some of that ASCP.

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  3. These turned out great !!! Can't wait to see it all together :)I'm so glad I'm done painting my chairs, it was quite a job ;)

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  4. Those look great and so does the piece behind them.

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  5. omg loving these.

    visiting via truesday's treasures and want to share this link to my giveaway just in case you're a lover of shabby chic like me:

    http://hellolovelyinc.blogspot.com/2011/10/rachel-ashwell-on-creating-authentic.html

    warmly.

    michele

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  6. Those are awesome looking sharing. Thanks so much for sharing with my newbie party.

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  7. These turned out PERFECT!!!

    Aimee @ ItsOverflowing

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  8. Awesome chairs and you're right , I can't wait to see the head chairs !

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  9. Hi Deborah, I just wanted to let you know I really enjoy your blog and I am sharing the Leibster Award with you . You can check it out at my blog ,http://makinghome-dawn.blogspot.com/, Congrats and keep up the good work !

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  10. What a great job! Can't wait to see the head chairs!

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