After dating my boyfriend for nearly two and a half years, we recently discovered that we had a common interest of digging for gold in thrift stores. One of our new favorite places to go is our local Habitat for Humanity store. My boyfriend in particular loves digging through the many bins of little random do-dads and thing-a-mabobs and while he was off digging, I was looking at the cast offs of furniture. I wandered around for awhile and then came across a rickety chair that had definitely seen better days. The edges were worn and the fabric on the cushion was definitely old, but it had some classic lines and with a little bit of work could be a gorgeous chair. I quickly grabbed my boyfriend to show him my find and we decided it would be a great project for me. We purchased the chair for a bank-breaking $2 (now you know why we love this store) and brought it home.
The next day I was so excited to get started and made the trip to Jo-Ann's to get some fabric. I found three different patterns that could change the chair in numerous ways, but had a hard time decided which direction to go in. I could make the chair traditional or go super funky and fun. In the end I purchased all three fabrics since they will all be used eventually anyways!
I already have a few ideas of what I want to do to the chair, but I would welcome any suggestions about which fabric to use and what color the frame should be, it could be funky or traditional, there are no wrong combinations. Once I have decided which direction I'm gonna go I will post again the results!
No comments:
Post a Comment