4 Ladder Back Chairs with Rush Seats

I found these great ladder back chairs at the Flea Market and knew they had to come home with me. 

The chairs are very sturdy and in fairly good shape except I didn't like the wood or the fact that the rush seats were looking dingy.  I knew paint would take care of the dark wood issue, but what to do about the rush seats was my dilemma.  I decided to try using dark wax on them. 

Before:

I just used my brush and waxed the seats and they look new--another great use for dark wax! 

I painted the wood in a custom soft blue/aqua and sealed them with dark wax.  Painting chairs is NOT my favorite thing, but I love how they turned out. 

Rush seats looking new! 

Usually I like to wet distress and not use rough sandpaper that leaves scratches, but by the time I got to distressing the chairs I was over them so I went with what was easy and fast! 

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