Today may be a first.. I took a piece of furniture to the curb. I told Doug I felt like I'd failed and he told me it was more like cutting my loses :) This chair is a beast and would have taken a ton of fabric/time/staples/tacks/brain power to manage. Also, I'm sick of moving it around the garage to make room for other projects. That being said it's on the curb if anyone wants it.. :)
Last year (or maybe year before) I found this fantastic desk at Salvation Army and it was half off WITH A CHAIR!! You better know I crammed this pink baby in my car and drove off.
The chair may or may not have been peed on.. I'm still not quite sure. Apparently I have low standards though and it was all mine. Jazz this thing up and and the end result was fantastic!
People have asked to hire upholstery done, but that makes me so nervous- if it's MY fabric and MY piece of furniture that is one thing, but having to do it on someone elses time schedule and to their liking is something else. I did do a chair for a friend- not sure what possessed me to do so, but it turned out good and hopefully didn't fall apart as soon as she got it home! Found the chair for $5 and fabric was a shower curtain that was the design I was looking for. Maybe she hates the chair... at least she hasn't told me so :)
Before....
And after...
So cute! I used almost every square inch of the fabric to get this chair covered! I had only a couple of small strips left over. I love the white and brown together!
Doug teases me all time about the things I decide to try as my "firsts". I decided to try to make a pillow a few years back and it was in the shape of a bird and really hard to make! He just thought it was hilarious that I decided to make a bird pillow instead of just trying to make a square pillow. This couch was my first "real" upholstery I did. Honestly, for it being my first time and me never having seen any tutorials on upholstery it's not too shabby if I say so myself! NOW I look at it and think "what was I doing?!" but it's passable.
The amazing thing about this couch is that a king size bed fits perfectly between the arms! How exciting! I sawed the front part off and made the arms and back a "headboard" and the front legs part a "footboard". It's still not finished, but when it is, oh what a glorious day that will be :)
Here it is with the legs sawed off. I really need to get this thing done. I think I might reupholster it also. It's gotten sort of dingy due to time and having kids (and myself) around... Probably will paint the arms/legs white... I'm into white right now so that will probably be the color I go with...
I'm too tired to think any more... had a great long weekend. Our friends came from Ames to visit and Doug got to drive their convertible when we went for ice cream. We had an absolute blast with them. Got to see Doug's parent too and spend time with them and our family, which we always enjoy! Doug had Thursday-today off and it was fantastic! I don't want him to go back to work tomorrow, but someone has to make money so I can buy spray paint and fabric and eat bacon! :)
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