Fall Furniture Re-do

My Fall furniture re-do
last year was working on my dining room chairs.
I had thought about refinishing them for several years
having grown tired of them being brown.
They were quite pretty as they were, but
I was tired of them,
so I knocked out four in one weekend!
:)

First, sanding with 60 grit sandpaper.

I know ~ really, really rough.

It took off the varnish really fast and I was careful

not

to knock down any of the carvings.

As pieces of sandpaper wore down on the legs and seat,

I would use the still good parts, folded

to get into the grooves of the 

chair carvings and around the little flower parts.

On the caning, I just lightly sanded the fronts and backsides.

The caning was already worn from 

years of use, so I was pretty sure it would take the paint

really easily.

It did.

:)

Tip:  When you refinish your furniture, you may want to go over

your piece with a much finer grain sandpaper after 

the first coarser sanding to close your wood grain 

before painting.

Just did a light dry-brushing so some of the grain and dark would show through.
:)

I didn't do that as my hands gave out...

But, I am pretty happy with the results!

Now these chairs have a kind of 

chalk paint-feel to them!

:)

Really loving how they turned out! 

I just dry-brushed the 

white paint onto the chair, 

lightly going over the carved parts.

Now, this fall to finish the other two.

;)

Here are the chairs in our dining room at one of my teas this past winter

(a mini preview of Christmas-time!!!)

Happy decorating and redoing around your home!

Blessings to you,

Barb :)

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