Reupholstered Dining Chairs
I inherited these dining chairs from my mother in laws storage shed. I had no idea what they looked like, I just knew I needed some dining chairs and she said she had some extras. When I received them I was convinced I could make something beautiful out of them. While I attempted to give up, claiming it was too complicated, too dirty, to hard, eventually I got two of the chairs to work for me. I will probably buy something more contemporary for the rest of the chairs, but for now these work as end chairs and we at least have a place to sit.
I painted all of the wood with a grey primer and then finished it with a top coat of metallic silver paint. I LOVE the finish, but I am debating distressing it with some stain. For now the seats are reupholstered (not too perfectly) in a cream linen until I finish the rest of my kitchen and can get a better feel for what I want it to look like.
What do you think?
I LOVE that look!! DH wouldnt go for it, but i’d love to that too!
Your chair transfo is AMAZING!
They look great!
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Great job!
Your chairs turned out fantastic! And you really could make it work with some different styles. Love that you refinished them yourself.
-Angela
Did you have to sand them? I would like to do something with my golden oak chairs… but sanding chairs has to really suck.
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Amazing how updated it looks with the metallic paint. Thanks for sharing it at the POPP.
I think grey was the perfect choice for that style of chair. It gives it a medeival feel. I think another layer of some stain/glaze would give the finish added dimention.
I actually didn’t have to sand the chairs because they were pretty worn down to start with. I usually only sand to rough up the polyurethane finish, so I didn’t need to!
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Those look great!
The love how they turned out, those chairs would go so perfect with my house.
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I never would have thought of metallic paint. Turned out awesome. Thanks so much for linking up to Finished for Friday!
I am really lovin your inspiration photo with turquoise mismatched chairs. SO cute.
You did a great job with your chairs, and they are super cute. Someday you will get what you are really longing for, but these are fabulous “this will do until I get what I really want” chairs. Good for you!
Beautiful job! I love it.
Love the chairs and the new finish is go cool.
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The chair looks very cool in the silver paint. That color does not work on everything, but it really works with the style of this chair. Nice job!
Those chairs are awesome. I love the silver! And the cutouts remind me of quatrefoil, which I am a little obsessed with right now – lol. Love them!
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