Beautiful, aren't they? Well, not now they aren't, but hopefully soon they will be just what we need. I know you think I've probably bumped my head, but look at what it "could be," not what it is right now.
I found these chairs at the most unbelievable price of $5 a chair!!! What?! Chairs are sooo expensive, so really had to look for a deal that demanded a little bit of elbow grease. What I was looking for were chairs that were 100% solid wood. These fit the bill. They are the heaviest chairs I probably have ever owned. No particle board in these chairs. SOLID WOOD. They are very old chairs, as you will see in the structure when we take off the seat.
First, Hugh and I sanded the chairs down to take off the waxy layer on the wood, so as to provide a more porous surface for the paint to adhere to. We have only sanded three of them so far. It takes more time that I thought to sand a chair. We're not sanding it completely. Just taking off the layer of grease, dirt, smoke, dust, etc.. Then Hugh took off the beautiful 80's sunflower cushion. Look closely at the lovely pieces of "whoknowswhat" that were found under the cushion.
You can't see it? Let me help you.
It thought you'd enjoy that close-up. Wink-wink. :) Look at those brackets that hold the seat down. I love an old, sturdy chair.
I bought sandpaper and paint from Home Depot, new foam for the cushions from "Mill Outlet" in Raleigh, and new fabric off of Craigslist. I'll let you know our progress in a few days. My hope is that we can finish these before our move in less than two weeks. Doing this type of work is very difficult when you have kids, and it's 100 degrees outside. I try to work during naps, but that really doesn't allow for much time. After they go down at night, the mosquitos come out and it gets dark, so that's a challenge as well. I'm up to my neck in re-packing up our stuff, so we'll see what gets accomplished in the next few days.
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