I Don't Know....

What makes me think that I can do anything just because I want too.

If you have been to visit my Mother over at Linda's you have probably sat in the chairs that they had in the living room.
They were very comfortable and sturdy, but a bit outdated.

Linda didn't want them.

SO, of course, I said I would take them - paint them - recover them - and Bryan and Mary could use them in their basement.

 

Well, last week I finally went over to Linda's and picked up the chairs. When I was there Linda showed me some material that she had and wanted to know if I was interested in it.

Some of it looked like the drapes that hung in our living room when we were growing up. And, of course I thought that it would look amazing on the chairs, so I took it too.

 

My project this week was to  tackled the chairs.

What was I thinking?

It was not easy and I cried to Sharen that I was in over my head, but she kept telling me that I could do it, so I kept on going.

Took them to garage and sanded the heck out of them so the paint would hold.

Chair all primed with the seat cushion off. The padding was what made it so comfortable so I tried to save it for reuse. I wasn't too happy with the horse hair center, but I kept that too.

 

 

I took the vintage material down to Joannes thinking I would find a trim to match it. The cheapest cord that I could find was $6.99 a yard and I needed 5 1/2 yards. There was nothing that caught my eye for that price, so I put that on the back burner and head on over to Menards to find some paint to match.

I found a spray paint that I liked for the caning and then had the man behind the counter mix me a quart to match for the rest.

 I was ready to paint. It only took 2 coats.

 

That folks was the easy part. Now to put the chairs back together and cover them suckers.

 

 

I was thinking I would just cover the old fabric. No, it was nasty so I pulled it off and used it as the patterns.

 

I soon realize that I needed the right tools and I for sure did not have them, so back to Menards.

They didn't have the right staples for my antique staple gun so I just bought me a new staple gun that shoots nails too. Excited!

 

A light bulb went off over my head and I thought why not just get some rope for the trim. (Do you know there are so many different color of rope out there?). I bought some window sashing rope and welllaaaa!

 

Two beautiful chairs.

Roger can climb in them without tipping them over. Me and Lloyd can get in and out of the chairs with ease. AND they are still very comfortable!

 

Mom would be so happy that one of the grand kids have her chairs.

 

And I feel awesome that I DID it and now know that I CAN do things if I put my mind to it.