My husband and I have recently purchased our first home. We love to travel and hate to spend money on furniture. Our house is furnished with a lot of hand-me downs and thrift store pieces. Our only splurges were an Ikea couch and a bed. I have a lot of fun refurbishing old pieces. Especially over the summer when I have time to work on projects. DesignSpongeonline's before and after photos have really inspired me to post photos of work as well as take on the challenge of revitalizing not so expecting pieces. Below is a chair I recently acquired at Decatur's Last Chance Thrift Store. This place is dear to my heart.
So the chair costs about $10.00.
To restore the chair I made a few purchases at the local fabric store- scored some great fabric 3 bucks for 2/3 a yard. Then I traveled to Home Depot to pick up a coral paint and some upholstery tacks as well as some screws and had a piece of 1/2 inch plywood cut to fit the bottom of the seat. Initially my plan was to create a seat cushion to fasten to the top of the chair- but soon found out that Home Depot doesn't cut angels - just straight lines , so I had the challenge of redesigning the seat. After I removed the straw I found this beautiful dotted pattern around the edge. I decided that upholstery tacks would fit in these and give a fun texture. I glued these in with elmer's. The plywood was painted with some sea blue left over from a bathroom project and then screwed into the bottom of the chair.
I took the fabric and created a pillow for the seat for padding. Total cost including the chair: just under $30.00
2 comments:
I'd love to go hunting for furniture finds with you! Hopefully Tom and I will have a place of our own to furnish soon. Love your post.
Hey Girl, I love the chair,Great colors too. I found an old broken chair and we cut the remaining legs off and flipped it upside down and hung it in the kitchen. I have a pot sitting on it with ahanging plant in it. People have to look twice to see what its made out of. Your creations are an inspiration to go junkin. Love, Aunt Yo-Yo
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