Chair Unveiling…..

By Mandi 07/27/2010

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?

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

18 thoughts on “Chair Unveiling…..”

  1. 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.
    chickhardware.blogspot.com

  2. 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.

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