I painted my windsor chairs in a deep ocean blue gloss - 5 coats - and it came out super streaky. These look fantastic, what kind of paint should I have used?

Whoa, these are actually great. Thank you. I love the first chairs. I just bought a dining room table and am looking for chairs.

Fifthpocket, probably you should have sprayed them instead of brushing them. gloss paint is going to show brush strokes. You could try a foam roller, but a sprayed finish is going to much smoother.

"But not all of this pouplar[replace with 'popular'} style..."

I want to do this! I just read a bunch of different sites about painting sealed wood, and most of them said not to use spray paint. Spray paint would obviously be my first choice, since it's awesome and easy. Has anyone out there done this?

Fifthpocket - Oil-based paint in gloss will give you this result and with no brush strokes! It will also give you a hard-waring finish that will stand up to daily use. I recently did this with a faux bamboo chippendale chair in royal blue and it came out beautifully. Looks like a professional finish.

Hey! Those are my chairs. :)

Thanks, AT. How fun!

We picked up our chairs here and there for an average of $10 apiece. If you can find the color you like in an off-the-shelf spray paint, I'd recommend going that route. Otherwise, if you have an OCD fit like I did about the color, invest in a spray gun (a decent one was $100) so you can have your color custom matched. I paint a lot of furniture, so that was the smartest route for me.

I've been known to paint furniture for friendly strangers bearing sangria. (hint hint)

Kidding...or am I? ;)