so i love rescuing chairs on curbsides, from habitat ReStore, from thrift shops and just plain broken sometimes and unwanted chairs. all of the chairs i hand painted in many colors of dry brushed layers using Heirloom Traditions Paint..I even added some Danube blue and feathered Nest to the banner chair as an accent color to bring out the mermail tail, mandarin, and red devil colors, . I call it my banner chair, as it was missing the whole back middle and top section. i used twine and tied on both sides and wrapped a window cling banner around the twine. This can easily be switched out to use for any season! :) not technically a plant or garden chair more a banner chair. still awesome!The Chair on the left had been in my family room of all places, waiting patiently for me to someday restring the caning...which i have no clue how to do, nor do i have the patience to attempt it..it did have a broken caned seat so i just pushed through the middle, and added a plant. the first plant fell all the way through to the ground.I got smart and found a bigger pot to put the flowers in and now there she is! beautiful in feathered nest blue with a touch of mandarin as an accent color.and .so it became a planter chair today.
This set of what i call My Twins were found at Habitat ReStore in Davenport, Iowa. Someone had painstakingly stripped them completely to bare wood and then donated them where i promptly grabbed them up and brought them home. I struggled with do i paint or not paint. They are in less than perfect condition and the paint colors i decided to use took two full days of adding colors til i got them just right! i asked my sister what she has seen at shops around town to get an idea of pricing...She replied with a compliment which was very welcomed! saying that she has seen similar chairs with plants for 50 to 60 but not painted in all the pretty colors that i used. :) nor did they come with a vintage aluminum pail which i also love collecting,,,this so far is my only one. and it was claimed with the chair and plant as soon as i posted it. the chair on the right had not yet been finished at that point. so Twins are now finished and gorgeous! What front porch wouldnt be blessed to have these beauties gracing their space?
Here is a chair missing its entire seat. i most likely wanted to reupholster it but the seat was badly damaged...or ehem misplaced, which tends to happen when one has over 200 chairs, usually finding nowhere to sit is ironically a common occurence here as well strangely enough! i found the most gorgeous huge white mum yesterday for sale. and had to have it. i would hate to see this one go, but maybe i can find another one to plant before the frost and snow hits i am hoping! if it doesnt sell, well hey i love it too. Hard to choose just one favorite when they all turned out so gorgeous!...
