Nesting: Yellow Painted Chairs

We recently built a table for my dining room. I love it and will be sharing about that soon, but first let's talk about these yellow chairs! We chose to build a dining room table that seats eight, because we often have a very full house with friends and co-workers. I wasn't ready to commit to eight matching chairs so I decided to collect mismatched chairs and paint them all the same color. 

Collecting the chairs was fun. I spent a week or so hunting them down from local flea markets and thrifts. I chose anything that was sturdy, had a good shape and only had seats that could be reupholstered (if any at all).To paint the chairs, I started with a base coat of Kilz Odorless Interior Oil Based Sealer Primer. I have used this primer for quite a few recent projects including our kitchen cabinets and my cocktail cart. For the top coat I used Rust-Oleum Safety Yellow. The color is a bright primary yellow and I absolutely love it! Painting eight chairs is no small task. I actually had two friends helping me (thank you Mallory + Emma!) and it still took about five days for us to complete them (so. many. coats.) Three of the seats needed to be reupholstered. We simply unscrewed them and attached new fabric to each seat by stapling it underneath with a staple gun. I am so happy with the chairs we have! I love that they don't match and I enjoy the pop of color they add to our dining room. What do you think about mismatched furniture? xoxo. Elsie 

Comments

[Elisa]

I love yellow, and I never thought it would look so good on wooden chairs! Great idea, thank you!

Elisa - Wandering Minds fashion
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[Marissa]

Those are so cute!

[Joy]

these are awesome. love the punch of yellow.

[Tasmin Skye]

I love the mismatched chairs! It just adds a special character to the room. But the yellow is perfect! I think it compliments the rest of the room so well!

[Sabrina]

I am loving this nesting series! Those yellow chairs are so cute!

Sabrina
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[Christine Northan (Verve Evolving)]

if theres was ever an Elsie chair : bright yellow with black&white polka dots would be it! xo

[ilovemyvintage.....]

i love the idea of mismatched chairs, i have 3 different types of chairs at my dinning table.but i never thought of painting them!
yellow is such a gorgeous happy colour :)

[casey]

love the bright color. and the table! can't wait to see a post on that. and rug! could you tell us where the rug is from?

[Loulou]

They're fantastic. What a great way to get enough seating, but to have it look interesting. Not to mention saving some money. Chairs can be very expensive! I love the yellow and the polka-dotted seat covers.

[Jasmine F.]

I love the idea of Mis match chairs! And the yellow looks amazing with the fabric u choose. I've been trying to figure out a new dining room table that me and the fiancé would both love and I think I just found it! Good job ladies!

[Nienke]

Wow, this is kind of perfect!

[Kate]

So fun! Where did you find the rug? I love the simple grey with the yellow. :)

[Naomi A]

They look so bright and cheery! Great work ladies!!

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[Lydia]

It looks very lovely! Mismatched furniture adds so much character to a room. I was wondering where your rug is from? If is also lovely! It goes very well with the yellow.

[Elisabeth]

love this. Everything about it. The color, the different chairs. Amazing.

[Clare]

mix matched furniture is my very favorite.

xo, clare
http://thewanderingelefant.blogspot.com/

[Rhoda Wong]

what a fun pop!

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[Rachel]

I think you did a fantastic job pulling it off! I think I would be a little scared to paint furniture though :)

[Rachel]

I like mixing and matching. I want padded arm chairs for the ends of my harvest table.

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[kendra genevieve rose.]

So cute! It looks so happy & lovely! :)

X

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