Hello! I am back from a crazy stressful month in Salt Lake and I am glad to be home. I miss everyone so bad though, apparently you cant have the best of both worlds. But being home gave me some time to finish this chair. I bought the fabric at Home Fabrics in Sandy (Fah-reakin amazing!) it was $5.99 a yard. I died right when I saw it. It goes perfectly in my living room……which you guys have no clue what it looks like because the dog ate my camera cord. But here it a little preview. So here is what I did, I primed with Kilz and painted 2 coats of Krylon Classic Grey which in my opinion is the PERFECT Grey. I unpicked all of the stitching on the cushions and basically used them as a pattern and reconstructed it the same way I took it apart. Turned out pretty good don’t you think?
Chair Unveiling…..
By Mandi • 07/27/2010
Before
After
I couldn’t find the type of buttons that I needed, the ones that the chair came with kind iof looked like a dumbbell. So I spray painted them black. It actually turned out really cute they look like black velvet. The buttons are kind of camouflaged so this is a close up.
Buttons on the back
Total Cost of This Treasure:
Chair: $8.00
Fabric: 2 yards @ $5.99/yd =$11.98
Primer: $2.00
Paint: $2.69
Grand Total: $20.67
I love the delicate legs and caning on this chair. Just my taste. Home Fabrics is an awesome store!
I love how you updated this chair!!
ok, first of all, you did an AWESOME job and the new fabric is fantastic. and for so inexpensive?! i’m MAJORLY impressed!!
Great project! Love that fabric!
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Love love love! I love the grey color you picked out for the chair and the fabric is awesome! Great job!
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
Stunning – I love the fabric!
Great job! Love the paint color!
I am so impressed ~ this project turned out beautifully!
What a great find! You did a fabulous job!
What a redo! Love that fabric and the color of the chair…wow. Looks fabulous 🙂
Your chair turned out great. I want one just like that.
YUM!! You are fabulous. Seriously. You have so much inspiration in your blog!
I loOOOve this chair! Its got a great shape and i love wicker. You definately found an amazing print of fabric that has VINTAGE REVIVALs name all over it!
great job.
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I just left a chair very similar to this sitting at a thrift store. Tear. I didn’t wanna spend $15 on something that I’m not sure I can re-cover. I feel like I just lost my kid at the state fair.
I have this exact chair in orange velvet.
Just got offered these exact chairs for free! Can’t wait to redo!!!