This chair belonged to my mother. She had it back in the 70's, when brass and gold velveteen were magical. At least I thought so as a kid. Mom gave me the chair because I couldn't bear for her to throw it out.
My original goal was a sunny yellow spray painted chair with a gray and white reupholstered seat cushion. First, I primed the chair gray. Then, I stopped and stared. It was perfect.
After some searching, I found the yellow and white polka dot linen fabric at this etsy shop.
Next, I pulled together some yellow piping with thrifted bias tape and string.
Insert string and stitch.
Then, I pinned the dickens out of the two pieces of fabric with the piping sandwiched in between.
With a little help from my staple gun, the chair is complete. It reminded me of...
this bed from Anthropologie.
The chair is going into our master bedroom, which has been a gray-and-yellow work in progress since January. This was my first attempt at reupholstery (start small!) and sewing piping. I couldn't be happier with the results!
The chair is going into our master bedroom, which has been a gray-and-yellow work in progress since January. This was my first attempt at reupholstery (start small!) and sewing piping. I couldn't be happier with the results!
6 comments:
This is so CUTE!! How fun and cheerful!
It is just beautiful! You did a fantastic job! I love things like this. It makes you feel good to bring life to an old piece, that someone else would just throw out. Now you can move on to a bigger reupholstering project, because you got an A+ on this one!
Gorgeous! I love it!
OH MY GOODNESS!!! You did a wonderful job! It looks terrific, and no I don't want it back!
It's lovely.
WOW! Diane you are so brave :) I love that you did the piping! I bet you did a little dance when you were finished :D
Diane,
Have just spent a very enjoyable 10minutes scrolling through your most recent entries. Loved the mobile for Henry and the tights for Charlotte. What a wonderful keepsake to pass on by redoing your mother's chair. It looks like the chairs you would see in an oldfashioned ice cream parlor from the 1950's. And I just loved the section on wardrobe creations from thrift store buys. The style is you and very distinct. Loved all of it.
Smiles from DMS
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