I had six of them. Six of the ugliest chairs you could imagine. They were - ehem - brown but the brown stain had worn off long ago, and I had not gotten around around to restaining them. Partially because I hated the brown to begin with. They were not bad chairs, as chairs go, but they were ruining the look of everything for me. Unkempt. Not in keeping with my aesthetic philosophy.
But chucking six functioning chairs and buying new is definitely not my philosophy. I am into restoration. So, one by one, I painted the chairs and the foot rests a stony white, and the transformation is really dramatic.
So, in the heat, I stayed in the shade, getting very Zen about the art of chair painting, dipping in the pool when I could not focus any more. The chairs now reflect their Scandinavian roots and add to the overall appearance of things. Now I am thinking about making some new covers for the chair pads.... but that will be another project for another day.
6 comments:
My word they are great!!! I hate brown, especially with no stain on...I wish my husband would let me paint my bench Stony white....he hates painted wood....!!!
I have decided that painted wood is beautiful, practical and has its own ambience! I did not always feel this way, but I am so happy with how these chairs came out. I also did a bench against the house. Everything seems lighter and more airy now!
The chairs look fantastic. What a difference some paint (and hard work in the heat) makes.
They look so bright and cheery now - like new. Much better to spruce things up than throw them out if you can avoid it.
Wow, they look great now! Must have taken a fair bit of time, but it was time well spent!
Gorgeous...you did good. They are beautiful!
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