Before And After : Mid-Century Seating

Happy Monday!

It's an absolutely beautiful fall day here and we are getting ready for a barbecue with friends this evening.  There is nothing like surrounding yourself with great company : )

If you remember earlier in the summer I was a part of Sharefest.  I bought three chairs to restore.  Two were for the teachers lounge and one was for me.

Here is what the chairs looked like before..

I got them for $15.  They had a heavy stain lacquer that you couldn't tell what kind of wood it was.  We stripped it down.  You can check out what I did with the other chairs here.  

To get those chairs to look like that took a lot of work.. actually weeks with our busy schedules.

We just finished up the last one which will be going into my husband's office.  

Here is how my daughter and I reupholstered the seat.

The original fabric was not in the best condition (old and dirty).

Lots of staples to remove from the lining.

I pried up the staples with sharp end of scissors (I know there is a better way but I used what was on hand..lol) while my daughter pulled them out.

There were a gazillion staples on the actual fabric and we did the same process to get the lining off.

We began to staple the new fabric around the seat making sure the fabric was tight all around and the lines weren't crooked.  I then cut the excess fabric.

So here is the chair..

I love the fabric!  It represents my husband so much.
And to my surprise we found out the chair is walnut...not bad for a $15 buy and $8 worth of fabric from Hancock : )

 Stay tuned for some exciting news ...

Just A Taste

Happy Monday!  I hope everyone had a great weekend.  

This is the week where the design elements come together and we create a functional, more relaxing space for the teachers lounge.  This has been a project that has been serviced by volunteers and donations from all over our city.  I have done my best to make the dollars stretch in this space  : )

I want to give you a taste of what's to come.

This is in our basement (unfinished) so don't mind the red carpet : ))  These are the chairs that my husband painted for me.  We did it with an oil paint that completely cures within a week.  Today we get to put it all back together and that makes me happy.

These are going to be the seat cushions for those frames I showed you above.  I had them reupholstered.  I just love this fabric.

There was some fabric left over and decided that I would use it to be the backdrop of a shelving unit that will go in the kitchenette.  Thank God for Mod Podge.

I fell in love with this little box at a garage sale that my daughter bought for $1 as her donation to Rockford Sharefest .   We decided to paint it and now.

It will be used to hold magazines.  The color is called Dover Gray.  

I still have 2 more chairs that need to be refinished and that will hopefully be done by tomorrow.  Crossing my fingers that I will be able to show you a completely done space by Friday.