This was my inspiration..
The latest Laura Ashley catalogue plopped through the letterbox recently. When I saw the page with table and chairs (photo above) I thought how nice it was, and how similar our table and chairs were. I particularly liked that the table top was not painted, just the pedestal and feet underneath. Time for a Makeover!After being quietly pleased with how the bookshelf in the kitchen turned out, I had no qualms in turning the kitchen table upside down and painting the pedestal legs. I did this last week.
At the weekend we bought more paint (funny out painting everything in sight can use so much paint!), and I've spent the earlier half of this week painting the chairs, out in the back garden. 
After that I did what I always do : scuffed them up a bit until I was happy.
Even though it might not be obvious, I have used different creamy/white shades of paint on the bookshelf, table and chairs. I wanted them to vary slightly, rather than be a perfect match.You will notice that though I painted 4 chairs, we only have three around the table. With my little girls high chair by the table, 4 seemed too many, so one lives out in the garage. I wanted to paint it at the same time as the others though. I can't bear the thought of painting the high chair, I love the well scrubbed table top of it, and every scribble mark and every splodge that won't come off means the world to me. I will never cover them with paint. Even though she very rarely uses it now, I like seeing it there. I thought I'd give it a slight revamp, so I covered the seat pad in fabric. The fabric used was from one of her old sleeping 'pods'. I like that I have re used the pod, it makes the seat cover a bit special. The little bows of coffee dyed lace is to hide up the appalling joins I've made in sewing the sides together!!
So at long last the kitchen is finished.(I won't bother to show the other side of the kitchen, which really is just cupboards, appliances and window.)
Before..
And after...
I still like red, but I much prefer the paler colours now, and this coffee colour is perfect. So calm and cosy, and I hope, just a little bit vintage looking. And for now my painting makeovers are complete! Hurrah!