More before and after

One of the reasons I chose a dining room as my room to design was the abundance of dining room furniture available at the ReStore.

I originally started with a set from the 1940s--that era of mass-produced furniture that I love to makeover--with a rectangle table on two pedestals and four darling carved chairs. I jumped on re-doing the chairs right away.

These were just the typical tapestry seats that come on these chairs.

I used homemade white chalk paint---two coats, then the usual distressing, concentrating on the carving. I waxed them with CeCe Caldwell's dark wax and re-covered the seat with some great fabric (gray, to match the walls) that I found for $4 a yard.  It looks like ultrasuede, but it's really the velour that's used in automotive upholstery.  I love the fact that it's durable and that stains wipe off.

 

 

I love the way they turned out!

The table, on the other hand, was not going so well.
My sweet husband took it apart for me, and I cleaned it off, but it wasn't the size or shape I wanted.  I wanted a table that I could stain the top of, while painting the legs and apron...and a pedestal table just wasn't going to work.

Then, at the last minute, this table came in:

...and I thought "Eureka!"

I love it, too.

 

I'm linking here...

...and at Cassie's!  (You know I love me some Cassie.)

and of course there's Meet Me Monday!