Today was an amazing day to go to the flea market! We had beautiful weather and a ton of people were out. I usually don't find much at my flea market, but today was an exception. There were TOO many things I wanted to take home with me! The problem is that I am obsessed with furniture. Especially older/antique furniture, I love breathing new life into them and finding ways for them to fit into my home. As Future Hubster and I were walking around I saw a vanity that I just adored. It needed to be sanded down and repainted, which is one of my favorite things to do so I wouldn't mind that. It was just very cute and I almost instantly got an image in my head of what I wanted it to look like. The man selling it was askign $40 for it, which I though was a little high. So Future Hubster and I walked around to think. On our way back to take a second look I spotted something I just knew I couldn't live without. The cutest little rocking chair. Funny enough, it was being sold by the same man! He only wanted $15 for it and I said "Deal!". I did some research on rocking chair's and found some interesting information, this is a model similar to the Thonet Bentwood Rocking Chair and they are apparently very valuable and worth MUCH more than $15!
Do any of you have a Thonet Bentwood rocker, or know more about them?
I found some antiques that are listed for upwards of $3,000! On Ebay there is a painting of one of these chairs that is listed for $625! What in the world did I stumble upon? :-)
I am going to paint and recover this little gem. I am SO EXCITED to get to work on it! I am thinking about recovering it with a brown gingham fabric and I'm not sure about the paint color yet. Possibly dark brown. I LOVE the look of toile and gingham together so my hopes are to have toile curtains someday with a gingham chair in the room.
Here is some more detail of the chair, I just can't get over how beautiful it is! Oh, please excuse the dust bunnies...I was just so excited to take pictures of it, I didn't dust it! :-)
There are a few nicks and dings, but those can be sanded out before painting :-)
I just love all of the curves and swirls. It's official, I'm in love with my newest find!
"The path of the riteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day" Proverbs 4:18
5 comments:
That is beautiful!! I looovee a good flea market find. I can't wait to see the finished product!
I had to show my mom this post. She has one of these rockers in her house. I absolutely cannot wait to see the finished product after you get it all done! I too have been on the search for a rocking chair for my house, so GO YOU!
What a beautiful find! I cant wait to see it when you finish your transformation. I think it will be awesome!
It is a great find, but I would put the toile on the chair, and do the gingham for the curtains.
Furniture flea markets like that are almost nonexistent here which totally ticks me off! Lol. What I really want to get my hands on is an architectural salvage yard! I, like you, LOVE refinishing furniture or "breathing new life" into something.
My favorite find was a solid wood night stand tossed upside down in my neighborhood. That baby came home with me in a heartbeat! :)
Can't wait to see your finished chair. I think it will look great!
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