or almost two months I have been working on a reading nook area in my master bedroom area. The final piece to my reading nook puzzle was a cozy chair, but it had to be just the right dimensions, and something that I would be able to reupholster myself. So in a box--I needed a small chair with simple lines.
Week after week, estate sale after estate sale...I could not find a chair that worked for this area.
Well great news, kittens--the chair was found!!
Random Saturday a few weeks ago, the hubs had the weekend off, which is a rare event. And he now has developed my addiction to estate sales...so you can only imagine what we did that day.
We were en route to another sale, when we saw a sign on the side of the road advertising an estate sale...we made our way to the other sale...and then headed to the road advertised sale. In was an adorable cottage-like home in downtown Marietta. The house was so cute, little nooks and crannies everywhere.
At one point in time, there was a pair of older men that were trying to maneuver a couch down the stars and were having an incredibly difficult time. Scott volunteered to help them, so I took the opportunity to wander throughout the living room taking in the loads of furniture and nick knacks.
And then...out of the corner of my eye I spotted it. A pepto bismol pink chair. Quickly I reached into my bag and grabbed my tape measurer, it was the exact measurements needed to fit the space!
The chair was marked for $40, but since Scott helped with the couch, the estate sale folks marked it down to $30. Deal-a-roo! I was on cloud nine...until we got to the car. We could not figure out how to fit this char in the car to save our lives. I'm talking people were coming up to us and suggesting different ways to angle it in the trunk, back seat, etc.
Might I add, it was like 85 degree with 100% humidity that day.
We finally came up with the bright idea to put it into the front seat...don't ask why we didn't think of this is the first place. I snapped a pic of an extremely sweaty hub.
And here is "Driving Miss Daisy."
We hauled ass to Ikea to the fabric section, which by the way--is amazing! They have tons of great prints...and it's actually quality fabric that you can use to do pillows, chairs, cat beds, etc. Not to mention the prices are excellent, I wasn't sure exactly how much fabric I would need and at $6.99/yard I didn't break the bank!
Before. Notice the crazy head rest decrotive sash.
Before with new fabric.
We got home and I was on a mission to reupholster this chair. I did some research, had my game plan, and dove in. Here are some snip it's from along the way...
I labeled along the way as to not forget which part was which.
Finally all fabric removed. I added some extra padding here and there.
I literally stayed up ALL night working on this chair. I was bound and determined to finish it...and let me tell you, Madge loves her sleep and hasn't pulled an all nighter since circa 2005. I recycled as many parts of the old chair as possible...piping along the bottoms of the legs and arms, and the cushion. While I was stitching the final part I heard the hub's alarm go off...so I quietly pushed the chair in the room.
I made a pot of coffee, popped a sleep aid (needed sleep badly), and sat on the patio waiting for the reaction to the chair. He was shocked...and to be honest, so was I. For my first attempt at reuphusltering I think I did a pretty stellar job.
Reading nook complete!
Wow!! Well done Madge.
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