I bought this high chair back in October before I was even pregnant. :-) I'd always thought it would be nice to have a wooden one instead of a big plastic one, and when I spotted this at a little shop in Schuylerville, I loved it. (It's the same shop where I later bought the fabric for our dining room chairs!) A hand-made tag hanging from the chair suggested that the buyer "Paint me orange and put me in your garden!" Hee hee. Thankfully, when John heard that it was being offered for such a reasonable price, he had no problem with me going back for it.
The question is . . . to paint, otherwise refinish, or leave it in its current beautiful state? I think that actual stripping and restaining would probably be more work than I'm willing to put into it, considering all the spindle and my due date. I kind of hate to paint it, too, because I think the wood is pretty. But I'm not sure.
Then there's another question . . . should I sew some kind of cushion for it? If I don't, I'll probably just tie my little one into it with an apron, as I've seen Mom do in high chairs without safety belts. But a cloth lining with built-in ties might be nice to prevent her getting her arms stuck through the back and could only increase its comfort.
If you are a very observant reader, you may have noticed that I finally changed my little "pick-a-room transformation" button from "dining room" to "nursery." I left it on "dining room" for so long because the dining room technically still isn't done. I still would like to replace the maroon TV cabinet which isn't large enough for our special dishes with a cabinet and hutch. I've seen ones I liked on craigslist, and I would paint it white, maybe age the edges a bit with some sandpaper, and replace any knobs with glass ones from Hobby Lobby. But then I was blessed enough to become pregnant again, and became quite worn out, and started tutoring, and it got put on the back burner. (To be honest, I've never bought anything off craigslist before, so intimidation may have something to do with it, too!) But, anyway, the high chair did replace the spindly fake bush which was in that corner of the house when we moved in. Maybe there will eventually be a final dining room tour post. :-)
Nice :) My vote is against painting it, I would either refinish it or leave it as is. We have an old wooden high chair my grandpa refinished for Paul. We never needed any cushions or liners. We didn't put him in there until he could sit up well and we never left him in it if we weren't right there, so it was never necessary.
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