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MorgnsGrl
03-02-2008, 08:43 AM
A couple of weeks ago, a neighbor was throwing away a bunch of stuff, so we walked down the evening before trash pick-up day to see if there was anything exciting in the pile. We found this chair:

http://home.comcast.net/~morgnsgrl/photos/chairbefore.jpeg

Our original intention was to paint or refinish it, then recover the seat, but when we went to take the seat apart it became clear that it wouldn't be salvageable (mildew or something, it was stinky) so we ended up painting the chair and making a whole new seat. We already had the purple paint and the wood for the seat, so we have a new computer chair for D for the cost of some foam padding and a small piece of upholstery fabric:


http://home.comcast.net/~morgnsgrl/photos/chairafter.jpeg

:yay:
indigo
03-02-2008, 08:45 AM
We already had the purple paint and the wood for the seat, so we have a new computer chair for D for the cost of some foam padding and a small piece of upholstery fabric:

:yay:

That's gorgeous! The color really brings out the interesting shape of the back. And I just loooooove the fabric you used for the cushion.
Sue
03-02-2008, 08:51 AM
That is one fun and funky chair! Great job!

A couple of weeks ago, a neighbor was throwing away a bunch of stuff, so we walked down the evening before trash pick-up day to see if there was anything exciting in the pile. We found this chair:

http://home.comcast.net/~morgnsgrl/photos/chairbefore.jpeg

Our original intention was to paint or refinish it, then recover the seat, but when we went to take the seat apart it became clear that it wouldn't be salvageable (mildew or something, it was stinky) so we ended up painting the chair and making a whole new seat. We already had the purple paint and the wood for the seat, so we have a new computer chair for D for the cost of some foam padding and a small piece of upholstery fabric:


http://home.comcast.net/~morgnsgrl/photos/chairafter.jpeg

:yay:
Brenda
03-02-2008, 10:18 AM
What a fun chair! You did a great job with it. nt
mirage1
03-02-2008, 10:33 AM
I love it! That looks great.
Bickery
03-02-2008, 10:37 AM
That's really beautiful.

What a fun chair.
Storymama
03-02-2008, 06:52 PM
It looks great! I love remaking garbage anything - that really turned out amazing! I love the swirly stamper.