Anyway, I was taking a class at University of MO - St. Louis in the summer of 2009, which is right down the street and decided to pop in Value Village before heading home one day. I got the chair for $4 and planned to refinish it for my sewing room. Well, my daughter started kindergarten this year, and all during preschool we worked with her at home, at the dining room table, on her writing. After one too many scratches on my table, I was on a mission to get her a desk for her room. We found this desk for $30 at Goodwill and just repainted it a different shade of white and changed the knobs. Not too happy with the knobs but I just wanted to get it functional. Sorry - no before pics on that one but you will see it completed in a sec.
But for this chair I wanted to do something a little more eye popping. So after scoring this great fabric from Discount Decorating Outlet for only $2.99 a yard, (I had never really done a happy dance in a store until that day. ) I bought 13 yards, planning to use it for curtains (post coming soon on those). It was also great to meet a fellow Etsian who was cutting and checking me out! Then I decided to give Laila my chair instead of searching for another one - I just really want to get her room finished. Using the green paint left over from her accent wall, gave it a fresh coat then recovered the seat with this fabric. I am very pleased with the result and feel inspired to get cracking on the 4 or 5 other pieces I have waiting in the basement for their makeover!
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| The little one hard at work! |
Be Blessed, Corynne
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