This before chair was not tragic at all. No mice skeletons stuck underneath, or years spent in a leaky barn for this well-loved chair. The seat was in great condition and the paint had a beautiful weathered patina to it too. Only that was the problem. The paint was so weathered and worn that it rubbed off onto the clothes of anyone who sat in the chair. Uncool, bro.
Dianna was a bit hesitant to redo the chair, as it belonged to her husbands grandpa, but guess what? Back in his day, PaPou was into furniture refinishing too! It turned out great, and I bet he’d be proud. See the story on her blog myselfandDi.
And here’s another chair makeover by Better After reader Laenie, who decided to redo her bedroom after finding before and after inspiration right here on this ol’ blog! Oh yeah, did I mention she’s only 17?! I couldn’t even correctly identify a staple gun at age 17, let alone have the vision for this. Great job Laenie!
10 Comments
dmccmc18
October 25, 2011 at 4:22 PMThats so sad on the first chair. I loved the way it look in the before. It’s ok though it looks really good in the after too. I love the second chair. She did an excellent job.
Sheree Flick Photography
October 25, 2011 at 4:30 PMWhere do you find fabric like that used in the second chair?? I can’t find it anywhere!!!
Jana
October 25, 2011 at 5:44 PMFunny how the ‘after’ paint job on the second chair looks a lot like the ‘before’ paint job on the first chair!
Marcia
October 25, 2011 at 8:44 PMYes, please – where did you find the fabric for the second chair?
sitbackandrelax2
October 26, 2011 at 8:54 AMWhere do you find fabric like that used in the second chair?? I can’t find it anywhere!!!
Thanks for sharing with us.
Office Chairs
Jen
October 27, 2011 at 10:56 PMBallard has similar fabric as the second chair.
The Polka Dot Closet
October 28, 2011 at 1:34 AMWow, to think you have a 17 year old follower! How great and what a great job on her chair and Grandpas chair
Carol
dianna
December 9, 2011 at 1:43 PMHey Lindsey! Thank you for the feature…SO much fun!
I’m loving that second chair… bravo for being so fantastic so young*!*
: )
~~Patsy
January 21, 2013 at 7:11 PMI was wondering,,,,on that first chair, since it looks wonderful the original way, would you be able to clean it then put a coat of varnish or sealer or such on it so that the paint wouldn’t rub off on clothing? Would that work?
~~Patsy
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