THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG - blue bedroom chair

There will eventually be a second part to this post

as this cute antique chair has a partner.

They were both painted using blue and white chalk paint.

The first thing I did was to remove the trim around the upholstery.

George actually did it while I was painting something else.

Every now and then he likes to help when he can.

I painted the frames in old white first,

then adding a coat of Provence (blue)

I sanded the blue Provence back to expose the old white and the original wood.

I also did a bit of washing with water to lighten and blend the colors,

before removing the velvet upholstery,

 A lot of the nails were removed but some were hammered in.

It all depended whether they would be in the way of the new staples and upholstery.

When I purchased these pieces I knew I was going to use a

white quilted coverlet I'd been keep for the right project.

I also had a handful of cording that I purchased recently

at a yard sale that would go perfectly with it.

Normally this cording I pulled out of the pile would be sewn into a seem

but when I held it up to the project I liked the way it looked.

I love how every aspect turned out especially the quilting against the layer of colors.

Old things do get creaky over time.

So some stiffening did have to be done to the frame with screws and glue.

I added new foam to make them soft and comfy.

The entire frame was waxed before the upholstering was started.

I used the edge of the coverlet to make the skirt around the chair.
 

I prefer the look of the skirt on the outside of the legs,

It's like she is showing us a little leg from underneath her dress.
 

Here is her partner,

did you think it was another chair?

Watch for when this majestic guy gets turned into a princess,

as opposed to a frog into a prince!!

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BROKEN CHAIRS - six sheild back chairs

I happen to find a set of six vintage sheild back dining chairs ...

yahoo they are gorgeous however,

two of the chairs had serious breaks.

Do you think that was going to stop me!

 I love repairing wood.

I had to scrape out all the old glue from an early repair attempt.

 

All the repairs I made were secured with 3" screws conceiled in the frame.

 

Reglued, filled, sanded, and details recarved as you can see below.

When this chair had been repaired before somehow most of the details had been lost.

Here are the two chairs after being repaired.

I primed and painted the chairs in my signature white.

It's a semi gloss custom color.

Reupholstered the seats top and bottom.

I'm very happy with the results.

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SINCE 1870 - vilas dining table

It may not have pretty curves or fancy carvings

but it has beautiful functionality and solid construction

and a great history.

A fabulous solid rock maple small space dining table

with 2 extending leaves.

The finish was flaking off already so sanding was a joy,

accept where some one had spray painted her with silver metallic paint.

The legs remove simply by undoing a single nut on each leg.

The leaves pull out and up so smoothly.

After cleaning it up and sanding to bare wood

it got a quick spray of chalk paint.

A gentle sanding started to create a nice white wash look.

This is really a great table, I wish I had space to keep it.

Poly and wax created the softest smoothes surface.

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