If you’re looking for unique ways to bring holiday cheer into your home, look no further! In today’s guest blog, Linda from Q is for Quandie shares a delightful makeover of two wooden chairs transformed with festive holiday flair. One chair boasts classic red and green hues for that traditional seasonal look, while the other brings a softer, neutral touch to holiday decorating. With the help of Dixie Belle Paint, Linda demonstrates how a touch of color and creativity can turn even the simplest furniture pieces into statement decor for the holidays. 

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(The following is an excerpt from Q is for Quandie. Read the full article here.) 

A friend recently nabbed this cute little pair of mini chairs for me.

 "Before" photo of chairs - blue painted with chips of paint missing, sitting on a brown wooden floor in front of a window

Although they had an awesome chippy paint on them, they were quite dirty.  I tried scrubbing them down, but they still looked fairly grungy so they definitely needed a paint job.

I decided to give them two different holiday looks; one is more traditional with red and green, and the other is more neutral.

Let’s start with the traditional look. 

I painted this chair in my favorite Dixie Belle Drop Cloth Chalk Mineral Paint. 

A white painted wooden chair sitting on a gray floor with green an blue books leaning on the right side, green and white Christmas balls and green lit holly are on the floor to the left of the chair.

Then I pulled out those same 6×6″ stencils that I used inside the Christmas clock shadow box that I shared a while back.  As I mentioned then, I ordered these from Amazon, but the exact stencils are no longer available. 

I masked off the area for each of the colors that I used and stenciled them separately. 

Top view of a white painted wooden chair that has a red painted truck with a green painted tree in the back of the truck; Jingle All The Way is painted on the chair in black

The truck is DB’s Honky Tonk Red, the tree is their English Ivy and the rest is done in Caviar Chalk Mineral Paints. 

It’s a little more time-consuming to do a multi-color design like this, but I think it’s worth it in the end. 

A white painted wooden chair sitting on a gray floor with green an blue books leaning on the right side, green and white Christmas balls and green lit holly are on the floor to the left of the chair. On the seat of the chair is a red painted truck with a green painted tree in the back of the truck with Jingle All the Way painted in black

Next up is the neutral chair.

The 2nd chair was painted with Dixie Belle’s French Linen Chalk Mineral Paint. 

A tan painted wooden chair with 3 off-white trees to the left of the chair and white painted wooden snowflake in front of it.

After the paint had dried, I used another of the 6×6″ stencils on this one too.

 Top view of tan painted chair with "let it snow" and snow flakes painted in white on the seat of the chair. On the floor to the left of the chair are 3 off-white lit up trees and a white painted wooden snowflake.

I used DB’s Drop Cloth, making this chair simpler by stenciling in just one color. To add dimension, I quickly brushed French Linen over each letter with an artist’s brush, adding those details freehand.

Top view of tan painted chair with "let it snow" and snow flakes painted in white on the seat of the chair. On the floor to the left of the chair are 3 off-white lit up trees and a white painted wooden snowflake.

One benefit to the more neutral chair is that it isn’t strictly a Christmas decoration.  You could leave this one out all winter. 

Either way, both chairs turned out pretty cute. 

Top view of 2 painted wooden chairs. The left chair is painted white with a red painted truck with a green painted tree in the back of the truck, Jingle All The Way is painted with black; the right chair is painted tan with the words let it snow and snowflakes painted in white on the seat. Both chairs are sitting on a brown brick ground.

We hope Linda’s festive chair makeovers have inspired you to bring a bit of holiday magic into your own home! Whether you’re drawn to the timeless reds and greens or prefer a more neutral holiday palette, Dixie Belle Paint products make it easy to achieve stunning results on any project. Be sure to follow Q is for Quandie for more DIY inspiration, and let us know in the comments which style speaks to you! For more holiday decor ideas, check out our blog, Holiday Decor Ideas with Dixie Belle.

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Q is for Quandie

Linda is the creator of Q is for Quandie. She loves finding a beat up old piece of furniture and transforming it into something fabulous. There is just something supremely satisfying about taking a banged up, vintage item and turning it into something that someone out there is going to totally love.

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