A Tale of Two Chairs

Last summer I rescued two chairs from my neighbors trash pile. They had good lines and I saw lots of potential, but they were UGLY!!!

This doesn't really do justice to how ugly they were. The seats were covered in a rust corduroy fabric and they were extremely weathered.

I painted the first one black and added a wooden decal to the back. I distressed it all and then recovered the seat in a goldy damask print that I found in the remnants at JoAnn's.

I saved the second one not sure of where I would put it. I decided to paint it white and use it as my daughter's night stand. I painted the first coat of white and it was weathered just like the rest of her furniture so I left it like that. I added the other wooden decal to the front of the chair and cut a piece of MDF for the top. I love how it turned out and it really finishes her room.