French Script Dining Room Chair

Went into the local thrift store this past Friday and found 5 dining room chairs for a fine price. However, one of them will need to have some tender loving care, as it was a chewing toy for a puppy or maybe a grown gr8 dane like mine, that never seem to outgrow chewing something. Oh yeah, it is leather that they never seem to outgrow chewing. I hate to think about how many shoes I have lost and how many cowboy boots my husband has lost. The joy of living with gr8 danes! Surely can't be a materialistic person, cause they will get to your most idolized thing first! However, once a gr8 dane invades your life, you are a gr8 dane host for the rest of your life.

Oh, that is right I started this post about the dining room chairs that I came upon. Here is a picture of a chair prior to it's transformation.

I took the chair apart, ripped off the upholstery and started work using one of my newest colors of chalk paint (Pure White) that my dear husband bought for my birthday last week. He bought me four colors, a new can of clear wax and a wax brush! I told him all that I wanted for my birthday was chalk paint and he listened big time!

Added some new padding, as the chair padding was a mess. The upholstery fabric is a print that I found at one of my local fabric stores. Then I happened to come across the same fabric at fabric.com that very same night looking for something else and it was half the price including free shipping for purchases over $35. Thank goodness I only purchased a half yard. Goes to show that you really have to be careful on your whim purchases!

Here is the final product, sans waxing.

She is now located in my Etsy shop. I will finish her four siblings this week.



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