Chair Beau-ti-fi-cation.

I have finally done something for the anniversary party 

that I can share with you!

YAY!

I have spent the last few weeks doing a lot, but able to show very little.

Two weeks this Sunday and counting!

Whoop!  Whoop!

Wednesday I met with one of my SILs at the church 

and finally nailed down table arrangement plans.

And I still couldn't get over the plain metal folding chairs 

that are in the Fellowship Hall at my in-law's church.

Uuuuuuug-lyyyyyyyy.

Seriously.

But even I recognized how over the top it would be, 

not to mention expensive, to camouflage the hideousness 

of each of the 100 chairs we plan on using.

It's not like it's a wedding, right?

Sooooo...

I compromised with myself.

I would content myself with special chairs for 

Mom and Dad at the Head Table.

Works for me.

So, I went out to the shop and dug out two oak chairs 

from an auction last summer and went to town.

I don't have a good before picture, 

but here's a picture from last august of the entire set.

My plan is to eventually paint the entire set 

and switch it out with the table and chairs I have now.

Key Word:  Eventually

;)

I slapped four coats of homemade chalk paint on the two 

that I lugged out and waxed them up pretty.

I didn't go out of my way to distress them much, 

but if it did in some places and not in others, I didn't sweat it.

I recovered the seats with some beige striped grain sack material 

that I got from Decor Steals months ago and 

had been waiting for something special to use it on.

I love how it turned out and can't wait to do the other four!

To dress them up for the party, I draped gold satin 

(I have no idea why in pictures it looks orange, when it's a really pretty buttery gold) 

over the top and gathered it in the back with an elastic band.

Then I just let it fall naturally.

I painted two frames that I got at the local thrift for fifty cent each and used a chalkboard background download as the background for their names.

I tied the frames onto the satin with Hemp Twine 

that I hot glued to the frames.

Then I glued on a bow that matches the centerpieces to finished it off.

I'm really excited about how they turned out.

And I hope they're much more comfortable for 

Mom and Dad to sit on than those hard ole metal ones.

At the least, they're prettier to look at.

;)