I'm loving all the burlap

I've been seeing out in blog-land [and pinterest too!]

 And y'all remember this little breakfast table and chairs we 

picked up down in South Georgia, right?

Well, we'd originally intended for it to be out on the patio, but a few weeks ago we decided to move it into the kitchen [our old farm-style table that we've had for about 25 years went to the playroom and currently has scrapbook layouts all over it - 

Yes, I'm de-constructing my albums, but that's a story for another time -]

I've planned to paint this set since the day we bought it - 

John Deere yellow and green's just not my thing [it's okay if it's yours...]

And since I'm loving the burlap and white, shabby chic, if you will - 

I thought I'd give it a go - here's how it started with 

chairs, burlap, sand paper, white paint [glossy] and an exercise mat...

 First I gave each chair a quick sanding - all over so that it felt smooth to the touch,

[let me be clear and say that I DID NOT SAND or PAINT on top of the burlap - 

I moved that to the side and put newspaper down]

then, of course, wiped them down so all the dust was gone... 

And then I gave them a couple of coats of glossy spray paint. 

[You can see one in the corner, there...]

Next, I rolled the exercise mat out 

and traced around the seats that had been previously removed 

[no point in painting something that's going to be covered anyway --] 

We didn't want to add much height to the seat, 

but wanted a little padding so we thought this would work perfectly for us 

[and of course my sweetie bought it at a huge savings.] 

I got all four seats out of one pad -

We picked up these coffee bags from a deep discount store 

[Mike's, if you're local] for $1.25 each - 

I love the print on them [they even had a few  un-roasted coffee beans left in them!] 

- but have also seen some really pretty printed burlap at JoAnn's recently too. 

My sweetie helped me with covering the seats - 

Even though we have an electric staple gun,

 I just couldn't do it because the wood on these chairs is SOLID... 

Sorry I don't have photos of that process. 

Basically I just put the foam pad down, 

positioned the burlap, flipped, stapled, and trimmed...

I did not cut the bag apart - 

so there is a double layer on the seat - 

I think it'll make it more durable - 

and I just didn't want to deal with all that fraying burlap - 

which btw, - here 's my handy tip - 

after it was all stapled down and trimmed on the back 

I went around the edges with fray-check. 

Yes it used a lot and I don't think it's cheap, 

but it's definitely worth it ... 

I love how they look! 

Haven't quite decided on the color for the table - 

am leaning toward black, to contrast with the print on the bags...

but that will be a weekend project for another time...