Saturday DIY: A New Chair

So one of my latest treasures was this lovely modern 70's-era chair I found for the rock bottom price of $30 at our local Habitat for Humanity restore. It looked sturdy and upon first sit it was comfy.



So naturally I took it home. I knew I wanted to try it as an upholstery project. I had already reupholstered a queen ann style bench but a chair is a whole other ballgame.

Let's just say that this chair wasn't meant to come apart. It took some serious prying and tools, sweat and labor (and a few tears) to get the fabric off the darn thing. There were also a few injuries to my hands. Just another day of DIY projects for me.



 So after finding an amazing chevron tweed material for $3/m I said a silent prayer to the fabric Gods, paid my $18 to the store clerk and ran to the car before they could stop me! When I got home I set to work covering her. It took a lot of attention to detail & the cushion cover was a pain in the you know what but I finished it.

I added the nailhead trim as well to the front and thought about changing the legs but decided against it.


So, here's the scoop-I love the arms. They are wide enough for laying a laptop on or resting a little furry chin.

 

The chair however is not the most comfy chair to sit in for hours of movie-watching on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. So it probably won't stay-but I am glad that I had the experience of trying to reupholster something a little more complicated. Not sure if this is my last reupholstering project-next time I might go with something a little more simple!

xoxo
K

Saturday DIY

I love kijiji.

I seem to have a little luck when looking for unique items on good old kijiji.

I picked this one up for $20 recently as a perfect retro cabinet for M's music room/office.




It was covered in that gross wood veneer and looked cheap and icky. So I took the stripper & some stain to it and turned it into something nice and warm and more wood-like.

Here's what it looks like now-




It's a great place to store his supplies and music 'business'.





Inside the drawer there was that gross green grass-like stuff. I got rid of that and replace it with some fabric I had around using some spray adhesive.




Totally cute right?!

And now he has something beautiful to store all his 'stuff'.

xoxo
K

P.S: Stay tuned for an exciting new project I'm taking on. I'm starting work this week and I'll be sharing progress pics throughout October here and on instagram. Find me @krlewe for pics.