Madeleine
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We have armless Windsor style chairs in the dining room. They are solid oak but showing their age. I'm thinking of going a couple of different ways:
1. have the chairs professionally painted in a variety of colors or all black.
2. buying new chairs that are 'softer' with a straight back, made of bonded leather. The leather will clean better than fabric. Or, a deeply patterned fabric.
3. making covers for the backs of the present chairs. That's where most of the damage is - the backs of the chairs.
Concerns are that the chairs we have now have crosspieces that hold the legs together (they have all had to be repaired due to the larger guests trying to scoot the chairs around without standing up) and the new chairs are 4 legs, no crosspieces. Will they hold up???
I use tablecloths on the square oak tables. They're a fairly funky mix of whatever fabrics catch my eye at JoAnn's!
Trying to freshen things up a bit over the winter. The painted chairs would be more 'cottage-y' which I think is the direction I'm taking. The leather or fabric styles would be more formal but more comfortable. (Yeah, I know, get 'em in and out!)
Thinking out loud, I am looking to maybe go 'summer cottage' for the overall look. I'm going to paint the dressers in the rooms and do more with gauzy window panels. Doing away with the lace.
1. have the chairs professionally painted in a variety of colors or all black.
2. buying new chairs that are 'softer' with a straight back, made of bonded leather. The leather will clean better than fabric. Or, a deeply patterned fabric.
3. making covers for the backs of the present chairs. That's where most of the damage is - the backs of the chairs.
Concerns are that the chairs we have now have crosspieces that hold the legs together (they have all had to be repaired due to the larger guests trying to scoot the chairs around without standing up) and the new chairs are 4 legs, no crosspieces. Will they hold up???
I use tablecloths on the square oak tables. They're a fairly funky mix of whatever fabrics catch my eye at JoAnn's!
Trying to freshen things up a bit over the winter. The painted chairs would be more 'cottage-y' which I think is the direction I'm taking. The leather or fabric styles would be more formal but more comfortable. (Yeah, I know, get 'em in and out!)
Thinking out loud, I am looking to maybe go 'summer cottage' for the overall look. I'm going to paint the dressers in the rooms and do more with gauzy window panels. Doing away with the lace.