Sunday, September 26, 2010

Chair re-do & Cache swings!

So...I have this yellow chair that a friend found for me at a yard sale and I am dying to make it over, BUT I can't decide on a fabric because I have all these stipulations the said fabric must meet. Well while I was fabric shopping I found this really fun fabric and I loved it but I didn't want it for the yellow chair so I went and found another old chair and recovered IT with the fun fabric--did you follow all that??? So here is old chair....


Does it make you as happy as it makes me? I can't take all the credit for it though. I had to have Jon help me take it apart and paint it. Jon actually enjoyed the process as well so I told him his next project is to build me a TV stand...we'll see about that one. BACK to yellow chair...I want the chair to have lots of functions FOR EXAMPLE: for my house, for photography stuff, and I don't want it to look "girly"...as much as i LOVE girly there are a lot of boys in my house and I want to be able to sit Cache in the chair and take pictures of him and it not look weird. Make sense? YEs? Okay so now I need your help...do you have any fabric ideas? I want it to look really nice and meet all those specifications...I guess it would help if i showed you yellow chair or THE BEAST as I refer to it now.
See what i mean? I know it has a lot of potential...I just can't find what I'm looking for yet. It is going to be a lot more work because it's going to require reupholstery, but I'm pretty sure it will be beautiful when I'm done with it.

Now to the cute baby--isn't he the cutest EVER? He loves to swing!


Adios.

4 comments:

Kimberly said...

That yellow chair looks like it could have a lot of potential. I would give you some ideas, but don't have any. I'm sure you will know what kind of fabric to put on it, when you see it. Good luck with the project. Maybe you can become a furniture reupholster

Cache is such a cutie. I think every kid loves to swing.

FitNotQuitJess said...

that chair turned out GREAT ... and just LOOK at that handsome little nephew of mine! jerimiah so loves to swing too!

Jaci said...

Oh how fun, I love seeing furniture makeovers. Well done, Mal! Ok, here's a thought...are you into Damask fabrics? I can so picture that chair in black and white damask which would also lend itself well to photography (how cute for black and white photos) and yet it is manly enough for Cache but girly enough for you?? Also, it is easy to blend with lots of colors...reds, greens, tans....etc. Just a thought. You did such a great job on first one, you'll have no problems I'm sure.

Anonymous said...

I love that chair redo! Great job!