Remember these groovy cane-back dining chairs that I scored on Craigslist?
I love the chair, but that upholstery is HIDEOUS. It looks worse in person. It's a wide-wale gold corduroy. I bought the chairs with every intention of reupholstering them immediately, but then I couldn't make up my mind what to do with them, so I haven't done anything with them yet.
Paint them black? White? A bright color? Leave them wood? Upholster with a solid color, a print, stripes, something else? So many choices.
But my mom, who is awesome and knows that I need help starting a project sometimes, has demanded that I set a day for us to start painting the stupid chairs. This means I have to make a decision.
To help my indecisiveness, I googled "cane back chair" for some inspiration, and was amazed to find a number of similar chairs. Take a look at some of the goodies I found.
Some black options:
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God help me, I'd never paint anything this color or pair it with leopard print, but I entertained the idea of a bright color. And then stopped entertaining it.
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These bad boys are no longer available on One King's Lane, but they were vintage, gilded, and carved, so I'm sure they fetched a pretty penny.
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This guy retails for $1,025. That is literally $1000 per chair more than I paid for mine. But I like the look of this chair - that dark glossy paint with the animal-inspired print. We have a winner.
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So I made a decision. I'm going to paint the chairs a high gloss black and use this fabric on the seats. I ordered a swatch of it several months ago when I was thinking about reupholstering some other chairs that I've since decided to sell (with zero success so far). I love it - it's apparently 100% cotton, but it has a bit of a sheen and a really tight weave that I think will make it work well in the dining room (i.e., it's wipe-able and won't catch crumbs like the current fabric does).
Want a good laugh? Here is my unsuccessful attempt at superimposing this pattern onto the chair without Photoshop. But you can see where I'm going with this. Imagine the chair is black. The feet will stay brass, though, because I love them.
We may start painting the chairs this weekend, so I hope to have an update soon.
But i like wide wale corduroy a lot, could like to have a pants in that thickness. But the colour wasent so fine remember the jumbo cords at the 80s i got 4 pair of them. But the chairs gonna be so nice. like to have someting like that :)
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