Friday, December 16, 2011

15 minute chair makeover...

if you follow me on the book of faces then you know that i bought 5 parsons dining chairs for $5.99 each. great score. couldn't pass them up.

i wasn't a fan of the olive green color on the chairs. so my intent was to find a slipcover. however, after looking around at the context of my home, i realize the olive green color had a natural gold undertone, which is prevalent throughout my home.
so i decided to let it stay and work with it. i simply used my go-to fabric to recover the seat, added a $3.99 thrifted pillow and little personalization and within 15 minutes i had a totally different chair.


6 comments:

art is beauty said...

rockin it as always!!!! Now on the lookout for some of these chairs...:)
Karin

Jalon @ All in the Detail said...

Marvelous... I have three of these sitting in my garage waiting for a purpose... what a HIGH to run across such finds!

Thank you for sharing - such beautiful work!

MM Elite Planning said...

What is your go to fabric and your step by step process for making over the chairs? I would love to do this quick makeover for a very sentimental armchair that my parents' kitty got to.

barbara@hodge:podge said...

Nice. Love the fabric, can't beat that ikea fabric!

Shades of Summer said...

I've been on the prowl for 4-6 parson chairs for months now... Jealous! They look good!

Dana Frieling@ Make Them Wonder said...

They match your blog nicely! Did you plan that on purpose? ha! I'm right there with ya when it comes to finding a simple solution. It doesn't have to be time-consuming to be fabulous!