Last fall I picked up this chair for a few dollars. It was in desperate need of a makeover, but I had never upholstered the back of a chair; I knew it was possible I just didn’t know how. I used a couple of sites to help me figure it all out and now I have a much nicer chair.
Hard to believe, but I put a lot of time into this make over, mostly because of the learning curve to get the back done. I wasn’t thinking ahead when cutting my fabric, and didn’t have enough left to make the welting. Instead I used white to blend in to the painted wood. I did learn how to make double welt, though not perfectly, this time.
The fabric was purchased at Tonic Living and is Ashbury Ikat, ink.
The faux bamboo goes perfectly with my thrifted Thomasville Allegro desk. A match made in heaven.
The gold casters are just perfect. Squeal.
Wow!! that is a great job!! It looks amazing and goes so great with the desk and the touch of gold, just gorgeous. Love your blue and whites stuff, makes me think about changing my bedroom colors.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, you've outdone yourself with this one Mel, great job on recovering the chair. I love the blue and white fabric! I love the wheels too, just beautiful! And it's the perfect match for that desk. Kim :)
ReplyDeletewhat did you use for the paint? and was there a lot of prep before painting?
ReplyDeleteHello are you spray paint in a can I believe it was resto Liam satin white and for the prep are used TSP and just wipe it down and then after use the TSP you have to be sure to clean all the TSP off with water. It’s a pretty simple process
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