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After realizing recently that our dining room chairs are really not very kid-friendly, I randomly posted them on Craigslist and sold them for a solid price within an hour. Oops! I started regretting it almost right away and worrying that it was a bad decision.
Here they are in all of their Christmas-time glory!
But then I found these cute and simple Klismos chairs that can be WASHED!
While the Ikea covers are technically washable, you can rarely get them fully clean and in a typical night, B wipes his hands on the chair at least once right after dinner before I can get him to a sink to wash his hands. They also come out really wrinkled and I just don’t have time to be ironing chair covers every few days.
The old chairs covered a bit more than half of the cost of the new ones and we had a $100 West Elm credit, so we aren’t paying much out-of-pocket, but now I ask a big question. How do I get a large bright and beautiful white dining table?
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Can I paint the Ikea one we have with good results? Or do I go for this beauty from West Elm even though it means we wait a while (probably a long while)? The West Elm one has beautiful texture that is definitely tempting me, but I’m a do-it-yourself kind of gal. I might just go for it on the Ikea table which is still in great shape. I already have special primer that works on Ikea finishes. I’ll just need to pick up paint and lacquer.
The chairs will be here Wednesday. Please, please, please let me love them! And please let me know your thoughts on the table.
I love the new chairs!! Good find!
If a modern-loving lady like you likes them, I think they will be great. They will arrive tomorrow afternoon. Can’t wait to see them in our house!
love the new chairs! and i would totally just paint the table you have! it’s a great basic table.
Thanks so much for stopping by Abby! Painting it is! Worst case, I just sell the table and start anew. :)
love the chairs, you will be so happy you did away with fabric with Bodhi running around… and I say PAINT the ikea table! You may end up loving it and you will save a heap of $$. Can’t wait to see that post!
You’re right! Thank you so much for the comment. I’m feeling more and more confident about the chairs and about painting the table thanks to you!
Love the chairs!! Inspired me to sell some of our stuff on Craigslist! Is it easy? And how do you know what to list for price?
Thx!!
Nice chairs!! Almost bought the same ones in white for our dining room. Seems like they will be kid friendly too. Also, love the white west elm table!!!
Funny! Which chairs did you end up with?
Well, you know what I’m going to say….
PAINT IT!!!
PLUS look how good your table looks in white
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/90182307/#/40204745
Good Luck Friend!
I had no idea there was a white Bjursta! Beautiful! Thank you for the added inspiration my friend!