Glorified Slipcover

Aaron and I love to redo old furniture. We found this beauty at a local thrift store for a big $10. Gotta love the price tag. Neither of us have ever reupholstered furniture, but we thought we would give it a go. So here is the before picture. Notice the nice rips and stains where your head hits (nasty). Don't mind the messy house. The house always takes a hit when I start a all-consuming project.



I actually kind of liked the soft yellow color, but needed something more modern. The fabric was compliments of a sweet sale on Fabric.com. I believe it took about three yards at $5/yard. It wasn't too bad to redo. I ended up ditching the idea of doing a full reupholster job, and opted for a more fitted slipcover... my glorified slipcover turned out pretty good. Just don't look too close. Total cost for my new chair: $25



I love to look over to my new chair. It brightens my day. It definitely makes the living room brighter. Also, take note of the killer pillow. I finally learned how to do a ruffle. My sewing skills are very VERY basic, and I finally figured it out So I copied a pillow I saw out there in the blogging world and made this funky little thing. Some people in my household... (aka Aaron)... don't love the pillow, but at least he was proud of my sewing skills with the chair.

Also, take note of the old antique trunk! I found this beauty on craigslist for super cheap, and then talked the guy down even more! Woot, woot! Bonus, inside the trunk were some old aged newspapers from 1970 with some pretty sweet ads on them. I'm trying to figure a cool way to display them. Any ideas?