Sanded, Painted and tightened up, the chairs are good as new. I found two tri fold futon mattresses with good quality foam at the local Salvation Army and cut them up into the three seat cushions and three back cushions and then covered them with vintage ticking stripe fabric. Considering I got the chairs for free, this project cost me a little more than I meant it to because the foam cost 20$ and the paint and fabric supplies cost another 20$. For two chairs and a chaise all made of wood, I know it's still a good price but I get a little stingy when it comes to free furniture.
fun! you make me wish i had an apt that wasn't already full of too much furniture :)reading this is also bringing back memories of looking for "used" paint. have you ever been to a habitat re-store? the one here has cast off paint from lowes, like when people have a color mixed and then never come pick it up...
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