Tuesday, August 23, 2011

....aaaaand, I'm back!

2 weeks!

I can't believe it's been that long since I posted last!

Well, we've been wrapping up summer around here and things got a little crazy for awhile.  But I have managed to get in a few fun crafts and wanted to share with you my office chair redo.

Remember that it looked like this:


It certainly was not hideous, but it wasn't really my taste, and I must confess that I had a moment of doubt when I was taking off the "leather" {and found out that it really WAS leather...albeit vinyl-looking maroon leather} but I forged ahead anyway.

I found some really cute zebra upholstery fabric and was going to use that for the cushion, but when I set it up next to the freshly-painted chair, it didn't feel right...so I looked through my fabric and found my old friend, Burlap, and it clicked.   I'm not sure if I will like it forever, but it was a pretty simple job, once I decided on fabric. 

Anywho,

here's how it turned out!


For those of you with extra-sharp eyes, you may have noticed that there is no trim.  I'm still deciding what to do...leave the stapled look {which I think goes nicely with the rusticity of the burlap}, find a good coordinating fabric trim, or attempt upholstery tacks...which my daughter thinks are fun to pull out...

What do you think?

9 comments:

Susan W. said...

Wow! Gorgeous!

Karin said...

I think you should do a funky fabric trim around it. It turned out way cute! You're amazing!

Melissa said...

SO Cute! Love it!

Andrea said...

Awesome. I love it.

Tammy @ Type A said...

AHmazing!!! come check out my party!

http://typeadecorating.blogspot.com/2011/08/anything-goes-31.html

Sandy said...

Really nice transformation, the paint job really brings out the details.

Pamela said...

So pretty! Go for a pretty trim!

Kayla said...

Pretty chair! Why not just make a double welt from a drop cloth? The colors would be similar, but woven tight enough to work. IMO, a sharp contrasting trim would be too much.

Pam@OurAdventuresInHomeImprovement said...

It looks great! I just bought a very similar chair that needs new fabric. Was it difficult to recover, especially the places on the arms?

Thanks!
Pam

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