NAIL HEAD TRIMMED DINING CHAIRS

I am oh so close to "finishing" my dining room, but an extra little project popped up that I wanted to do.  I think nailhead trim is such an expensive looking touch on furniture, and adds a bit of shine and texture to make almost any piece of furniture look better. 

I've had a roll of nailhead trim for a while that I was planning to use for another project, but I decided to use it to add some detail to my dining side chairs. It only took about 20 minutes per chair, and I could do 2 chairs with each roll of trim.  I bought mine at Joann's, and it's around $12 if you use your coupon. Not a bad upgrade for about $6 per chair.

I had never used this trim before, but it was super easy. There is a hole about every fifth nail that you hammer a separate nailhead tack through to attach it to the frame. If you try this on a piece of furniture, you'll have to make sure that you're applying it where the wood frame is under the fabric so the tacks will have something secure to attach to.

I found that it looked better to tap the section of loose nails in between the tacks down with the hammer as well.  It helped them look a little more like they were really nailed into the frame also.  If you try this, you may want to use a rubber mallet for that part.  A few of my round tops got slightly dented, but I actually like them like that.  Just so you know.  It's a little hard to see in the photo, but it does make a difference.

The strip is very flexible, so at each corner I just wrapped it tightly and kept going.  

When I got all the way around the chair back to where I started, I just snipped the excess off. To secure that end, I used a small nail with the hammer to puncture a hole in the last round piece, and then inserted the nail head tack in that hole.

I know that many people prefer the look of individual nail heads installed piece by piece, but it would have taken for-ev-er to do these chairs, and I know I never would have made them perfectly straight, and that would drive me batty.  I'm happy with this look for this project.  My only drawback with this product is that the individual tacks are slightly a different color than the strip, so they stand out a little bit.  It would be perfect if they were all exactly the same.  

I have 6 of these chairs, but I only added nail head to 4 for now.  I'm considering selling the other two, because the seats are nice and wide and 3 won't fit between the legs down each side of the table.  We'll see, I'll add it later if I decide to keep those 2.

You get a sneak peek at the table too!  It's still not finished.  I'm babying the top and think it's just about ready to put the poly on.  Pretty nervous about that step after my first try went south.   Pretty sure I'm not quite finished with the legs yet either.  

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*GIVEAWAY NEWS-I'm still waiting to hear from Suzanne-comment #63, winner of the Ikat Serving pieces to contact me.  Suzanne, I don't have your e-mail and need your mailing address to send your gift to you.  Contact me at dimplesandtangles{at}att{dot}net with your info, please.  If I don't have a response by Friday evening I'll choose another winner. 

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In other news, I'm over at Cassie's today sharing my home tour as part of her wild and crazy "It's Eclectic, Boogie Oogie Oogie!" series.  Come on over to Primitive and Proper, I even slipped in a photo from a project that you won't see until next week.  See if you can find what it is...it'll be like Where's Waldo - Home Edition.  :)

If you're not familiar with Cassie's blog, you're missing out!  She is a pro at rescuing tired furniture and breathing life back into it!  She's currently working on her Dining Room, which I really, really, really love.  It's just the right mix of modern and moody and rustic and vintage.  

Primitive and Proper

You can see more pics from her dining room here, and don't forget to check out her new home tour series here.

Happy Thursday!

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