Asked on Sep 14, 2015
Dining room dilemma!
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Liz
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Was given this dining room table. It has 8-12" leaves, which makes this table when extended a nice big table. I just finished painting and making my own lined curtains,and putting wainscoting up. The carpet is going going gone, but need help on what to do with the table and chairs,there are 8 of them, chairs I mean. Want to do Annie Sloan Chalk Paint on the table,maybe gel stain for the top, what would be a good complimentary color for the ASCP and my decor?
The table and chairs
8 of these chairs
How the colours are in the room.
22 answers
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What do you do when you don t have a hall closet on the main floor ? What are my options :)? Help:/
Amy Mohd
on Sep 14, 2015
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First you need to decide whats going in place of the carpet. The table and chairs are dark. Do you plan on brightening the room?
Janet Pizaro
on Sep 14, 2015
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From the look of your wall color and curtains, you might want to use a grey chalk paint, which is gorgeous, on your chairs and maybe paint the base of your table an off-white/ivory type color. If you wanted, you could make chair cushions to coordinate with your curtains. They look sort of toile....maybe a cute check or stripe with the yellow, which would also look gorgeous with the gray chairs and your beautiful wall color. Love the curtains! You did a nice job!
Delanie
on Sep 14, 2015
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Gunstock oak flooring.
Liz
on Sep 14, 2015
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The wainscoting is cream. The trim is white. The upper half is gray and two huge windows, oak flooring.
Liz
on Sep 14, 2015
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I was thinking ASCP old white for lower half of table. Gel stain for the top. Chairs, I am stumped.
Liz
on Sep 14, 2015
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Thank you! Good ideas!
Liz
on Sep 14, 2015
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What grey do you think and off white?
Liz
on Sep 14, 2015
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I'd go dark gel stained top with white or cream for the bottom of the table and the chairs. Would look gorgeous!
Amy Ogden-Paparone
on Sep 14, 2015
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Rustoleum makes a beautiful, easy to use dark stain that would be gorgeous. You can see the color here: http://www.theflyingc.net/2014/04/22/try-new-finishing-products/
Cori Warner
on Sep 14, 2015
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For better wear on the chairs you might want to think about latex paint, I love chalk paint and have plans to do my table but am thinking about latex paint for my chairs.
Lisa House
on Sep 14, 2015
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I like Annie Sloan Grey Linen. I have never made my own chalk paint, but I want to try it. Good luck with your dining room project. Post pictures when you are finished! Can't wait to see it!
Delanie
on Sep 14, 2015
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I agree with Lisa House on the chairs. On the whole painting versus paint. Here is what I would do. Stain the table top darker and the chairs seats the same. I am sorry to disagree with the chalk paint on these items. I would paint them with latex simply for wear and tear. Also I think you would be preserving the set better. Color wise for paint I would match it to the wainscoting.
Kathy Meador Wells
on Sep 15, 2015
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I would leave the table top and chair seats stained and paint the legs of the table and the rest of the chairs to match the chair rail and maybe do a glaze over them. My husband just custom built out farmhouse table, 6 chairs and 2 barstools and I used min wax gel stain in the table top and chair seats and 3 coats of satin poly for better wear.
Heathernskinner
on Sep 15, 2015
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Would love to see what you do with these as we have a table and chairs that are almost identical. I've been afraid to start on them.
Billie
on Sep 15, 2015
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Make sure you sand a little and use primer first. Your paint you have should be fine. If the paint does not give you the sheen you want you can use a wood wax or varnish. Wax would be better and much easier
Kathy Meador Wells
on Sep 15, 2015
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Have you checked the marking on the bottom of the chair seats? If I'm not mistaken these are vintage Ethan Allen.
Cynthia Nolen
on Sep 16, 2015
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this is a nice new look; that is becoming appealing; especially, with your wood bottom walls
Carolyn V
on Sep 16, 2015
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Liz,the chalk paint will hold up on your chairs, use the proper sealer. I'm afraid you could end up with different colors and not be happy. I have painted fabric chair bottom and used the Annie Sloan wax and it wares fine. I think for this important project I would use Annie Sloan and then make your own for another project. If you google painting chalk paint on chairs you will find many blogs of people who have done this and also see colors.
Dianne
on Sep 17, 2015
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You sure you want to chalk paint/ I absolutley love the wood grain. Carolyn Vs ^ idea is great. Maybe sand it down & use 2 tones of stain. I think you'll love the contrast. I just redid my dining room. Below. Painted off white.
Mickey Baron
on Sep 18, 2015
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Those chairs are classic MCM colonial revival. If you want to paint chairs, why not sell these beauties to someone who will appreciate and love them and buy others to paint? Or paint the table in whatever color you like and keep the chairs as they are. I do like the blue on your wall and the wainscoting goes well with the chairs. That mirror on the floor is a great looking piece and i hope you can fit it in. I have 8 dining room chairs and use one at a desk and another in a bedroom, which makes the dining room less crowded. I can see the table with a shorter runner (quilted would be nice) and a colonial crock or bowl as the centerpiece. Wish i could help with the color question, but i so love wood that my brain won't co-operate in imagining a color!!!! White would be too much contrast with the natural chairs and maybe the wainscoting, too, but maybe a bluish grey? which would go with the walls. Seat cushions in the same fabric as the curtains would be nice. Oh, how i miss New England!!!! Thanks for sharing your delightful dining room.
Em Hooper
on Sep 21, 2015
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The chairs are pretty and also take stinkin' forever to paint! I think I might keep them as is, leave table base as is and paint tabletop either AS Duck Egg Blue or Old White and finish with AS dark wax. Duck Egg is my personal favorite but may not be the best match--hard to tell without seeing the real curtain color and wall color. I've left my big oak table with its medium oak stain and chairs are black (AS Graphite) distressed.
Lori
on Sep 22, 2015
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