Dining Room Table Tie Chairs

A few months ago, a friend of mine ordered a set of 4 custom table chairs. He decided that he didn't want matching chairs. He wanted chairs that were the same height, and he wanted 2 of them to have vertical backs and 2 of them to have horizontal backs. After a few weeks of searching, I found the perfect chairs:

Here they are individually:

Eventually, the above chair got replaced. (See below)

Stephen picked out the colors that he wanted, which were 4 different shades of green. 

This is after they were sanded, refinished, and painted: 

He also decided that he wanted a quote on each one, and he wanted the ties to match the quote.

One has an India theme, with a quote from Mark Twain about Benares. Another is an Irish one, with a quote from "The Dead," by James Joyce. Another chair has the epigraph from Stephen's book. And the fourth has a quote by Dolly Parton.

After applying a couple of coats of polyurethane, I set upon making the tie seats.

(Belle really wanted to help...)

As I got to the 4th, rounded chair, I quickly realized that ties wouldn't work on it. I set out to find a new chair, and found  this one:

I sanded and refinished it, then painted it the previously selected color.

Soon, the lost chair was reunited with it's long, lost family.

This is the whole set!

Stephen bought a glass top table, which really shows off the chairs:

YEY!