Dining/Kitchen Chair Restoration

Chrishon & Nicky
Jan 3, 2015
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Author: Chrishon Sims

I scored these wonderful chairs from my husband's grandmother. Everyone thought I was crazy for taking them home. How could I blame them? These things are U-G-L-Y!

When I got them home, I stripped them down. They needed cleaning from years of dust, grime, and Georgia red clay. The chairs were so old the cushion’s foam had turned into dust. Gross!

I washed the chairs with soap and water, and allowed them to dry for a few days. I then stripped the chairs with rubbing alcohol.

Once the chairs dried, I painted them with Annie Sloan’s Chalk Paint in Antique White and covered them in a Waverly Duck Egg Blue fabric I found at Hobby Lobby. My Sewing machine needed repair so I called my favorite local Upholstery shop in McDonough to make me double welt piping.

This is how the chairs turned out. No one could believe they were the same chairs when they came to my home for a party.