Vintage Cane Back Chairs in Old White

I just got home from the opening party for Loot!  I had so much fun, met so many wonderful people and made a few sales.  I even met one of my lovely, local blog followers!  Thanks for coming, Marsha :)  I will do another post after this weekend with more pictures of the shop.

In the meantime, I promised pictures of my vintage, Frenchy, cane back chairs, so here they are. To see my post about finding these chairs click here.

Just a reminder of what they looked like when I bought them:

 I know it took me a while to start working on these chairs.  I bought them in April and here it is July before I finished them!  I had to wait until I had enough money for my chalk paint order.  I did not want to sand and primer each chair.  Believe me, chairs are a lot of work!  During this project I kept saying, "I will never do chairs again!"  All the little parts make it really tedious to paint, but now that they are done....maybe I would try it again.

I painted the chairs with Chalk Paint in Old White.  I finished them with Fiddes & Sons clear wax and I like how the wax made the Old white creamier in color.  

I love how they look around Nancy's antique farm table at Loot!  

I bleached a drop cloth and reupholstered the seat cushions with it.  I was a bit worried because I did not want to do the welting cord (this project was time consuming enough already).  It worked out fine after I removed the mustard velvet and used my mom's amazing pneumatic staple gun to finish the job. No cording necessary!

I am lucky the caning on all the chairs is in such flawless condition.

 

Here is a picture the chairs in our front showroom at Loot.  

I will show you more pictures of Loot after this busy opening weekend!

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