Does anyone else have a slight chair obsession? I definitely do. In our tiny six room house (including the bathroom!) I have somehow managed to fit seven chairs, not including our upholstered ones! and I am still on the lookout for more...
I found two of these at a thrift store and painted them white. I made the slipcovers out of vintage linen sheets that I also found at a thrift store. They sit on either side of our hutch.
I really loved the Pottery Barn Queen Anne Chairs http://www.potterybarn.com/products/queen-anne-upholstered-chair/
but could not afford them so when I saw four Queen Anne style chairs on Kijiji I was very excited. However they were still $50 each. I decided to email the seller and offer what I could pay - $25 each. She refused. I emailed again and said I understood, but if she had difficulty selling them she could always contact me again. Two months later she emailed me and said I could take them! They were in great condition, they just needed a makeover. Because the finish was so shiny they needed to be stripped, which was a bigger job than I had anticipated! My husband was nice enough to refinish them on his vacation. I think he did a great job. I distressed them slightly with sandpaper and an old knife. I think they look pretty close to the PB ones.
Here is the before:
Here is a close up of the distressing:
We also have this chair which I posted about yesterday.
And because this is a real house, we also have this chair!
http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/30069724
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