I love my medallion table, but it needed some chairs to match! After some work, I now have two sweet chairs to match my table!
They used to be so sad:
I bought them at ReStore for $12 each (originally $15 each, but I had a 20% coupon from their website).
I followed the usual routine…roughly hand-sanded the chairs, primed, and painted them the same color as the chest I just finished, and the bottom of my medallion table.
Then I took the fabric off of the chairs, and recovered them with a thicker brown fabric from JoAnns. If you want to see more details of how I recover chairs, see this post.
Now’s where the fun came in. I have been wanting to try a freezer paper stencil for a while now. I followed this tutorial from Domestically Speaking. I took the design from the same template that I used for the medallion on my table.
I ironed the shiny side of the freezer paper onto the fabric
And then I painted on some acrylic paint on the fabric:
Then I stapled the material onto the seat, let the paint dry…and took them for a photo shoot in my yard 
That’s normal, right?! ;)
That’s normal, right?! ;)
Now it matches perfectly with my medallion table!!
Have you ever tried freezer stencils before? This definitely won’t be my last time!
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Now here is a stencil done right! Love that you matched it to the table and those chairs got a totally new life. Nice job!
Your new chairs look great!! Love how they look with your medallion table! Great job!
Love the chairs..and table! I have never tried freezer paper, but will now! Thankks for sharing..
very cute, love how they coordinate!!
very nice! and guess what someone is selling ONE just ONE of those exact chairs here for $40
I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger award. Go here to see my post, http://jandrzoo.blogspot.com/2011/08/versitile-blogger-award.html where you are listed! Love your blog and have been following (stalking) you for a while!!
These are wonderful!!! I found you @ Domestically Speaking & I'm impressed
Your chairs turned out great! Good job!
What a fun and elegant table and chair set once you got your hands on it. I will have to try the freezer paper thing too.
Cool idea! I've used freezer paper to make stencils for Tshirts but didn't think to do it for chairs. I'd love it if you'd stop by my blog, I'm having a giveaway for a Dremel Trio!
Fabulous job, I never thought of this idea! I'd love for you to stop by www.laughloveandcraft.com and link up to my Share the Wealth Wednesday Link Party! I'm your newest follower!
Gorgous! I love the coordination of the table and chairs.
I like the shape you used. Where did you find it to use as a stencil?
LOVE IT! I've done a ton of freezer paper shirts, but I've never thought of it for furniture. If you have a moment I'd love for you to link up to this week's linky party : http://trophyw.blogspot.com/2011/08/linky-4-will-craft-forcomments.html
I love this! What a great idea–you are very creative!I have a link party going on now, called Show & Share. I'd love to have you link this up!http://southernlovely.blogspot.com/2011/08/show-share-2.html
What a cute job you've done on the table and chairs! You've become quite the makeover diva, Christina!
Thanks for linking to Time Travel Thursday this week.Blessings,Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottagehttp://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/
What a great style! Hope you link this up at Thrifty Thursday.Johnnie
Great makeover I love the stencil work! Come link this up at Scrappy Saturdays this weekend @ candacecreations.blogspot.com
Looks so custom! Handpainted chair covers…love it!
The chairs look fabulous! They work great with the table! Thanks for linking up to this week’s Catch a Glimpse party!
And Woooah- You switched to WordPress?! When and why did you decide to make the switch?! I am STILL debating if I want to attempt it. Who did it for you? I have heard horror stories about the switch so how was it for you?
Hey Allison!!
YES I switched!! It’s a little crazy…I’ve been working on it all summer, trying to do it on my own, but I finally caved and got “professional” help! I just kept reading article after article about how WP is more professional…and if I wanted to grow my blog, I should really switch…I caved to peer pressure haha!! But honestly – I miss Blogger!! I think I’m just going to have to get used to this!
With help, the switch hasn’t been too bad. I know that once I started the school year (next week) I would never have time for doing all of this, so I decided to do it now instead of next summer!
Hi Allison & Christina – I just read your comments about switching to WP and thought I’d chime in a bit (hope you don’t mind…and maybe it helps). Six years ago I started a Blogger blog and kept it going for about 2 years. This past January I started back up and went with WordPress…only because a couple people I knew had a WP account so I guess I just went along with them! About two weeks ago I switched over from wordpress.com to wordpress.org (where you are self hosted). I went with Host Gator for my host and so far am really liking them! They switched everything over for me for free!!! plus they have a live chat 24/7….which I use literally 10 times a day! (they probably hate me!) There I ask them questions regarding EVERYTHING…because I am like a fish out of water trying to figure out how to configure things, etc. I am trying to figure out as much as I can without hiring a professional to make everything look like what I really want it to (only because I cannot afford to pay someone $500+ to arrange stuff! – so I’ll just go gray in the process! hair dye will be cheaper!) I am still trying to figure out the basics but am so glad that the live chat is available! It is a huge relief! —however, the horror stories you’ve heard about WP…I have never had good luck with their support. You have to email them and IF they reply their answers only lead you to links that still make no sense! –Well that’s enough of my blabbing.
Christina – what theme do you use? plugins? Your site looks great! I’m jealous!!! Any tips on where to go to learn the basics?? Thanks so much!! p.s. I love the table and chairs!!
THANK YOU so much for the input…I really appreciate it!! Mine’s WordPress.org too…I am hosted through BlueHost. I actually did end up asking for help…but I shopped around so I only ended up paying $40. I am using the “Brunelleschi” template…which is verrrry simple. I’m going for simple…clean…and easily navigatable – hope it’s going that way!! It’s still a work in progress…but I like how it is so far
Just trying to figure out my followers!!!!
I love the dining set! I’ve got a chair in my office that I could try this on! Thanks for the inspiration
Steph
I love that you set the design off center! Looks great. Visiting from Serenity Now.
What a beautiful “set”. Great job.
Those are sooo adorable!! Great job!!
Adorable. Great Job!
The chairs look awesome. Great job done.
We have a link-up party going on – Tea Time Thursdays @ Kreative Korner. I would really appreciate if you’d link up some of your awesome posts there. Hope to see you at the party.
http://tanyaanurag.blogspot.com/2011/08/tea-time-thursdays-4.html
I just freezer-paper stenciled a pillowcase, but I never would have thought to do a chair! Love it! Pinning you so I remember to tackle one of these this winter…
Going to check out your teaching and autism tab now…
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I really like how you did the chairs. They look great. Did you glaze them as well? Freezer paper stancils are a new discovery for me as well. I love them too.