Off The Curb: Dining Chairs

 

 

 

 

I found these beauts (a pair of two) along side the curb on trash day- my favorite day, might I add.

Of course I snagged them up- despite the broken seats.

 

With my husbands handy work- he repaired them with glue.
Once the glue was dry he spent a couple hours each night sanding them down.

 

 

He probably spent a total of 8 hours sanding these chairs.

 

Once the chair was completely sanded down-

Corey taped off the areas we wanted silver.

(Rustoleum- Metallic Silver)

 

"Dipped" Legs

 

 

The chair back

 

Then we painted the rest with a deep blue/gray

from Valspar called:

Blindfold #4007-2C

 

Here is the finished chair!

 

And to top it off -- this was my husband's first wood work project- we are very proud of how it turned out.

And can't wait to have the second one finished.

I will also be making a seat cushion for the pair. I am planning a fun print to add some more color to our dining room/kitchen.

I will post the "How - To" on that as well.

 

 

Items Needed:

Wood glue

Metal brackets/screws (to reinforce seat of chair)

Electric and hand sander & multiple grades of paper

Tape

Paint & brush

(for the metallic paint- we just used a can of spray paint- worked great)