September 30, 2011
Before: Reupholstery Project
It has been, oh, 2 years since I have had the time or need to reupholster a piece of furniture. But now the girls’ room needs a cozy chair to cuddle in and read books, so I scoured Craigslist to find some sort of armchair in need of some TLC.
Let me tell you, in Arkansas (at least in my experience) it was really hard to find a chair with decent lines! but I finally lucked out with this lovely 1960’s low profile lounge chair. Sure, the fabric is in really bad shape (the previous owner had paid a bundle to have it recovered, only to have their pet destroy the fabric).
I am planning on recovering this in a heavy weight lemon colored fabric. No pattern, as the girls’ room already has a large chevron rug, so I don’t want the room to be too busy.
I have less than 2 months until Lucy arrives, so *hopefully* I will have this project completed within a few weeks time and share the results with you!
Wish me luck 🙂
I love that chair!!
I can see the potential lurking beneath the fabric. 🙂
Poor chair, being torn apart by pets…
Great find!! and….good luck! I can’t wait to see you work your magic!
GREAT lines. I need to get brave with our stained chair in the living room. I bet once I see how you did it I’ll be motivated. I’m just so intimidated by upholstery projects.
Awesome base to work off of. I’m excited to see what you do with it. 🙂
-Sara-
You are so right, it is hard to find good chairs in Arkansas! I’m so excited to see how this turns out. I have several pieces that need recovering and I’m learning it’s super expensive in AR. Good luck! Maybe I’ll get the guts to try it on my own.
Before reupholstery project has been described by you. Thanks for sharing