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March 11, 2010 By Brooke 22 Comments

Refinished & Reupholstered Dining Chairs

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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.

Before, holding the tools in our garage during another project.
After, at our dining table.
After, by itself.

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?

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Filed Under: Design & Home Decor, DIY Projects Tagged With: before and after, dining room, DIY, my house, painted furniture, reupholstery

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  1. Caro says

    March 11, 2010 at 2:06 pm

    I LOVE that look!! DH wouldnt go for it, but i’d love to that too!

    Your chair transfo is AMAZING!

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  2. Denise says

    March 11, 2010 at 3:52 pm

    They look great!
    Following you over from Shabby Chic Cottage!
    I am a follower!
    Please stop by!
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  3. Tonya @ lovinthemoments says

    March 11, 2010 at 4:34 pm

    Great job!

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  4. ImagineCozy says

    March 11, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    Your chairs turned out fantastic! And you really could make it work with some different styles. Love that you refinished them yourself.
    -Angela

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  5. AtOneWithHim says

    March 11, 2010 at 11:50 pm

    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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  6. [email protected] The Picket Fence says

    March 12, 2010 at 3:16 am

    I love it–you made an outdated chair look hip. Thanks so much for linking up!

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  7. Maryann @ Domestically-Speaking says

    March 13, 2010 at 6:27 am

    Amazing how updated it looks with the metallic paint. Thanks for sharing it at the POPP.

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  8. alwayslearning says

    March 14, 2010 at 8:41 pm

    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.

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  9. ***** says

    March 15, 2010 at 2:24 am

    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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  10. Shaunna says

    March 15, 2010 at 1:28 am

    Oh how wonderful to get those chairs! I’ve got my eye out for some like that. Lovely job! followed over from remodelaholic’s…so glad i found you! -shaunna 🙂

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  11. Kaysi says

    March 17, 2010 at 9:35 pm

    Those look great!

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  12. Jill says

    March 18, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    The love how they turned out, those chairs would go so perfect with my house.

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  13. Debbie says

    March 19, 2010 at 2:28 pm

    Love your site! I need some design inspiration.

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  14. Simply Stacie says

    March 19, 2010 at 9:09 pm

    Following you from the Friday Follow!

    http://stacievaughansblog.blogspot.com/

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  15. chubskulit says

    March 20, 2010 at 12:35 am

    Hi, visiting and following from Follow Me Friday.

    Please come by and follow me back when you get a chance. Have a wonderful weekend!

    Reply
  16. Jill from Women Who Do It All says

    April 7, 2010 at 6:51 am

    Love it! Thanks for joining in Idea Sharin’ Wednesday!
    -Jill

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  17. Threeundertwo says

    April 16, 2010 at 11:12 pm

    I never would have thought of metallic paint. Turned out awesome. Thanks so much for linking up to Finished for Friday!

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  18. Laura says

    April 16, 2010 at 9:03 pm

    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!

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  19. FrouFrouBritches says

    April 24, 2010 at 1:32 pm

    Beautiful job! I love it.

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  20. ~ ~ Ahrisha ~ ~ says

    April 24, 2010 at 10:15 pm

    Love the chairs and the new finish is go cool.
    ~ ~Ahrisha~ ~

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  21. Miss Mustard Seed says

    April 28, 2010 at 5:52 pm

    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!

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  22. Jen @ tatertotsandjello.com says

    June 4, 2010 at 2:50 am

    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!

    XOXO
    jen

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