matching chairs for my courtyard garden at my home in the fan district in Richmond.
When I moved to the country I bought the teak table I have now and gave the set
to my sister to use. She now has a pretty white outdoor table set that I found for her
last year and she brought me my old set to sell here at the store. The chairs acme first
and the table came a couple of months later. Of course the chairs sold right away, so when
the table came it sat all alone upstairs and didn't sell. At the end of last year, while walking Elfie
in my neighborhood I came across the wrought iron chairs with broken seat, three not four.
I took Elfie home, got my car keys and flew up the street and packed the chairs in my car.
What a find and free no less.
The chairs were white,so I had my intern spray paint them a shiny black with Krylon's
Acrylic Latex Enamel Indoor/Outdoor Gloss Paint and painted the table in the same style.
The chairs had a nice edge all the way around each seat, so I figured that I could have a piece
of plywood cut to fit the shape of the seat and put to a piece of foam on top of each seat and
cover them with an indoor/outdoor fabric and screw the seat to the broken mess to hold it in
place!
I love the Waverly quilted fabric I choose, I love blue and white and blacks together.
The whole set sold on Wednesday and I did almost everything myself to save money.
The chairs ivy pattern is a little different from the tables pattern, but once they are all
painted the same color and texture, they work. Later on I will show you the big pair of
wrought iron arm chairs I plan to paint next. This time I will try to remember to do before
and after photos.
No comments:
Post a Comment