I have been a huge fan of the blog Cedar Hill Farmhouse for a couple of years now. Anita’s style is one that has always called my name. I used to joke with hubby that I could move right into Anita’s home and live there joyfully, without ever changing a thing! I think she loves grain sacks as much as I do!
I was completely blown away recently, when Anita asked me to be a monthly contributor to her blog Cedar Hill Farmhouse! I can’t tell you how excited I am! My first post went live today and I would love for you to pop on over for a visit and show me some love! I’m talking about these chairs!
Renovated French Chairs
These chairs get talked about more than any other furniture project I have ever done. I’m showing how we renovated them, so come on over to Cedar Hill Farmhouse for a visit!
Cheers,
Cindy
Sharing with Miss Mustard Seed for Furniture Feature Friday
I love this. I hopped right over and bought a stencil to do one! Di
Awesome Di!
I just discovered your Blog thru Savvy Southern Style and I love it!!! I’ll be a regular now!!:)
Love those chairs!!
Thank you Cristina!
The chairs are absolutely gorgeous. Do you mind sharing where and the name of the European Importer that you bought the grain sacks from? Thank you!!!
Thank you so much! We buy all of our grain sacks from Charles Phillips Antiques and Architecturals in Mobile, AL. You can only buy in person, he does not ship.
Gorgeous chairs ~ fabulous tutorial on Cedar Farmhouse blog! I found it via Cedar’s Instagram & am now following you on Instagram, too.
I have a couple questions for you:
1. How do you construct & attach the back?
(Do you perhaps sew the front stencilled piece to the back #’d piece with stuffing in between & staple the whole thing to the front?)
2. What do you use to trim the fabric after its stapled on?
Thanks so much for any advice you can offer. Can’t wait to get started tho I have to experiment with dropcloths first. Antique (cloth) grain sacks are scarce here in Canada & shipping is atrocious. Thanks again!
Thank you Lisa! I originally tried “sandwiching” the front and back covers, with foam in between, and then stapling all of it into the chair frame back. It was difficult to hold, and I ended up with the back piece not bing “taut” enough. What I found that worked better was to take the back piece only and using a glue gun, glue it in place into the chair frame. Then I placed the foam and the front cover in place and stapled. I hope I made sense! Lol! If not, let me know!
How exciting! I love both your blogs! I’m hopping over now to see it! 🙂
Thank you Jesse!
I love your blog and your beautiful sacred art! You incorporate it so beautifully in your decorating! I also love your shop–where do you find all your beautiful items?
Hi Patricia! Thank you so much for your kind words! We do a lot of traveling and picking all over the place, but our favorite part of the country is in the deep South. Over the years, we have also been fortunate enough to develop relationships with other pickers that know what we are looking for and will buy for us if they find something in our style. And luckily, one of the most important connections we have made is with a picker in France, so much of what we buy and sell comes from across the “big pond”!
You once carried a beautiful hymnal board—I know it sold but…,do you think we will see something like that offered for sale again?
We actually had a local artisan making those for us and had so many orders for them that he got totally overwhelmed, so we had to discontinue taking pre-orders. However, he has assured us that as soon as he gets caught up, he will make us some more!