a little chair makeover

so i love the di (thrift store). i go there all the time. like 2-3 times a week. sometimes i buy, sometimes i don't. i always take the same route though and i'm always on the lookout for some awesome stuff. my regular search list is some lamps, a book case, tupperware, vintage pyrex, cute luggage, interesting picture frames and the harry potter books (i only have to find the first and third, hardcover in good condition... in case you were wondering...). my trips are very in-n-out... 10 minutes usually, unless something strikes my fancy, then maybe longer. i also hit up two different stores. the one by my house and the one over by my moms. the one by my mom's has waaay better stuff. like i found some suuuper pricey boots there practically brand new for 5 bucks, and my sister found almost an entire set of plates and bowls from Ikea. awesome. i only glance over the furniture because quite frankly, we are stocked up. but i saw this little beauty and died. i hop/skip/ran over to her because i was afraid someone else might notice how awesome she was.

right????!!!! and she is cover in velvet people. freaking fantastic.

so i text husband to see if i can get her. it goes something like this:

me: can i get this (after sending the picture)
him: how many moneys??
me: 15
him: where fur? (like i said, we don't need more furniture)
me: in our room, where th box of books and pillows are. Obvi i would spray it and do somethin about the cushions...
him: i suppose if it's screaming your name...
me: oh its screaming.

he knows me so well.

so i brought it home and put it in the garage and it sat there. for a month. i got scared, i mean i really like this chair and what if i messed it all up? and then there was the fabric to pick out which,oi,  let's be honest, I LOVE FABRIC. so i found some that i liked well enough and started in on the cushion. i was almost done with it and i realized, i didn't love it. ugh. 5 hours wasted. so it sat some more. finally, i decided that i should spray paint it, so i took it apart and like 15 billion staples later, she was naked and ready to be painted.

good thing i had my little helper and his handy dandy screw driver...

so i primed her with some kilz spray on primer, let it dry and gave it a quick sand and sprayed it with krylon classic grey. pretty. i love grey, it seems so soothing and matches so well with so many colors :)

any whooooo so i got it all painted and then decided i needed to cover the chair in white! it was like a revelation or something... so i ran to the fabric store and picked up their cheapest, heavy weight cotton canvas (3 yards which was like wwaaaaaay too much, even after making a cute little throw pillow for my bed) and ran back home and pulled out the staple gun and went at it.

I even learned how to do some tufted buttons and double welt cording, what what??? yup i feel like a pro. just don't look tooooo close :)

so then all that was left was the blasted cushion. you know, the one i already sewed up in different fabric? well i decided to bite the bullet and get 'er done cause i've make myself a pact not to leave projects unfinished. and i sewed and it went so smoothly, i didn't even have to use my seam ripper once! and just as i was turning it right side out, i realized. i sewed the zipper on backwards. yup right across the front, instead of hidden so neatly in the back.

not so awesome. but holy cow, i'm not sewing that sucker up again, so backwards it will stay. and I don't actually even mind. i looooove how it turned out and Liam even like it too:

and that is good enough for me :)

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http://theinspiredroom.net/
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http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com
http://lilluna.com/
http://adiamondinthestuff.blogspot.com/
http://ladybug-blessings.com/
http://indesignerjeans.blogspot.com