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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Musical Chairs

I have an addiction to reupholstery now!  I found this beauty in the classifieds and fell in love with the legs - I had a vision!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Using the same process as before (click here to see) I simply covered the old ugly fabric with new using a staple gun.  As you can see I covered the wood "detail" on the wings of the chair with batting and then covered it with fabric.  The grey fabric I got here (I used about 3.5 yards of it), and the blue linen fabric I found at Jo-ann's (I used about 2.5 yards).  I was able to do all the stapling myself but called on a friend to help me out with sewing the cushion cover, she did a superb job!




I chose to put a different fabric on the sides and back for a fun contrast, that also meant that I had some ugly staples along the outside of the wing that were visible but that was fixed with some piping.














BEFORE:
My family room had all the same leather furniture and I knew I needed to break that up - so the chair was replaced.  The large "M" monogram pillow from my couch moved to my new wingback. 

 AFTER:


 Notice below my cute new bike pillow I found at Homegoods!?


BEFORE:
This back corner was bare.....


AFTER:
The leather chair and green pouf have a new home!


Total cost on the wingback was around $150.  I'm happy with how it turned out and how the whole family room looks now!