Reupholstered Side Chairs

We recently purchased new furniture for our living room. (I'll show that later) The new stuff is a bonded leather product.  I thought these little side chairs had now become boring.  You can see one blending in to the wall here behind the Christmas tree.

We bought these two side chairs at a garage sale in 2004 for $5 each.  We stripped them down to the bare wood and stained them lightly.  I reupholstered them with a beige fabric with palm trees on it.  It worked at the time.

 

 

I decided to go bold! I painted the wood with bright red satin paint.  It took three coats to cover without streaks.

 

You can  see the palm tree fabric here.  I used the removed pieces for approximate patterns.  It took some effort to match the stripes.

 

 

 

 

I used my electric staple gun to attach the fabric.

 

 

The cord is the same cord from the previous incarnation.  We just carefully removed it and used the glue gun again to attach it.  It is a great trim and hides ALL the staples.

 

Finished! Front and back.

 

 

There is a pair of them.  I am happy with the way they came out. 

 

Blessings, Jeannine

Single Chair Refurbish

A couple of weeks ago Husband and I found this little old chair at a garage sale for $5! The wood was really dry and the fabric was really dusty.

It had three layers of nasty fabric,all dry and crusty and the foam stuffing fell apart on contact.  I removed all of that and finished the seat with new foam and some basic upholstery fabric.  I spray painted several coats of white on the chair and replaced the seat.  It came out alright.  

It's fairly cute and ready for sale.  Here it comes, Craigslist!

Thanks for stopping by,

Blessings, 

Jeannine

Refinished Dining Set #2

Un-pause!  It feels like my blog has been on pause since the spring.  I have been busy with setting up our new house after the move, helping my daughter plan her wedding, preparing for her bridal shower (which was held in our home), and taking furniture to her apartment in LA.

This is the dining set that I refinished for her.  We purchased it at least three years ago at a garage sale for $50.  It has been shuffled around in our garage since then.  I was thrilled to finally finish it and get it done!

First I removed the nasty seats and set them aside.

I sanded slightly and  rubbed them down with deglosser.  They were filthy!

The first coat of paint went on by hand.  Tedious!  Then we moved and Husband set up the paint booth.  I used my sprayer for the second coat and it went soooooo fast!

All six chairs were quickly done.

We taped and papered off the top of the table as it was that high gloss finish.  Even though it had a huge scratch in the finish it was better than trying to sand down through that plastic-like finish.

The legs and skirt (?) got the paint treatment.

I used Behr in Beluga, my go-to color.  Love it!  Undertones of blue.  Behr worked really well in the sprayer.  I have since used Glidden as well but it is a thinner paint and and spatters and leaves a sandpaper like finish.  Ick!

Here is the finished table in its new home!

I had to strip the chair seats down to the boards as they smelled horrible.  I used one of those eggcrate mattress pads for the padding and leftover canvas drop-cloth.

Of course their apartment is an average one bedroom and couldn't really hold six chairs.  Nor could Daughter's Toyota hold more than three chairs!  She took the other arm less one later.

I think the whole set turned out very well.

Just found a buffet/credenza on Craigslist for her.  Thinking it will be painted to match.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings,

Jeannine

I'm joining Primitive & Proper for a Furniture Link Party!  POWW 100

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Packing and Moving

Big News!  

Husband and I have decided to move! We are tired of the two story tract house we have been in for the past 8 years.  It is time to move on. We have even lived in the same town for 21 years (I include the 3 years we lived in the Middle East, as we had our "roots" here.)

We will be moving to a one story house in the next town over, about a ten mile drive East.

So in the meantime, I have started packing.  We started with the china cabinet and the close to 100 tea cup sets as we want to paint the china cabinet before we move in March or April.

This is one of my favorites.  I will be posting pics of tea cups randomly because I photographed all of them!

Wish me luck!

Blessings,

Jeannine

Bargain Chairs

I'm linking with a few parties this week. First is Metamorphosis Monday with Susan at Between Naps on the Porch.




Updating 8/12 to join in with Miss Mustard Seed's Furniture Friday. Check out the good stuff here.

I love joining in with Style Feature Saturday at Perfectly Imperfect. Shaunna is our hostess.


These chairs were found at the same garage sale as the heavy dresser I wrote about here. They were stored in a storage locker for years and became very dried out.

They were also very dirty. I washed them down with a wet rag. I didn't want to put too much effort into them as they had no finish and were a little rickety. Husband reglued and then I tried the spray paint. Didn't satisfy. Spray paint marks. Ick.

All Cleaned.

They also received the paint brush treatment with the Elegant Lace color of paint by Glidden. Much improved.
These are going to college with Daughter's BF. If they fall apart, I won't really care. They were only $5 each!
Thanks for looking!
Jeannine

Show and Tell Tables

These lovely inlaid tables are from Syria. I wanted the largest one but they wouldn't break up a set. And I certainly didn't want to pay the $200 the shop owner was asking for them.
We were on the third floor of a very little, crowded with merchandise shop. Because bargaining for price is part of the culture, and I'm no good at it, I walked away, down two flights of stairs.
Husband is good at bargaining. In fact he enjoys it. So when all the back and forth was done, we got the set of tables for $100. A much better deal. The employee finally decided that his boss would rather sell something than not.
We wrapped up the tables and took them home. They were my Christmas present that year, 2003.

Yes, that is a Turkish made carpet. We purchased that in Jordan. And the coffee set is decorative rather than usable but is very representative of the coffee sets used "min zamaan", way back when.

They told me all the different woods used in the table, but I can't remember any! It is real mother of pearl, though, not plastic.

I've linked up with Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home. Check out all the other offerings and say hello to Cindy while you are visiting her blog.
Thanks for stopping by,
Jeannine