I have so enjoyed decorating and designing our own house, but I am quickly finding myself out of rooms! I haven’t shared everything here yet and though every room is still a work in progress, I was lucky enough to have a great friend take pity on me and at the same time give me a huge compliment when she asked me to help her decorate the brand new beautiful home she and her husband were building. I look forward to sharing some pictures of the beautiful space they call their own soon!
Before they got the keys and it all came together, she asked if I would help her out by recovering two of these chairs to better match her decor.
{the before – excuse the untidy basement but… we live here!}
You are probably wondering why she asked me to tackle this project for her, but I had a little experience from my own reupholstering project for our house. Now unlike those disaster chairs I tackled, these beautiful things came apart into two pieces!
I started with the seat bases, I removed the two front legs of the chair and the velcro that surrounded the base which holds the dust cover on. I then pinned a fitted slip cover from the fabric we chose from Fabricland and sewed it. Much to my celebration it was a perfect fit!
{creating the slip cover}
Then I used my handy dandy Stanley staple gun {which is only pretty much my favourite thing ever} to attach the cover to the frame of the chair and ensure it was nice and secure.
{securing the cover to the seat base}
The seat bases were a dream compared to the backs of the chair. They required a little more work but in the end the whole thing came together.
Check out Mr. Bar Cart hanging out in the corner before he was the suave and sophisticated Mr. Bar Cart he is today. I was pretty happy with how this reupholstering adventure turned out and I look forward to sharing with you what they look like in their new home!