For a long time, the only furniture we had in our living room was this awesome couch & a not so cute, but comfortable wing back chair & ottoman that we got from my parents neighbors.
our couch is awesome I love it.but mostly it's for looks.
It is seriously old, somewhat fragile, and not very comfortable.
So we would spend most of our time sitting on the wing back chair & ottoman.
Originally, I had big plans to reupholster the wing back (and I still do).
But because it became our favorite place to relax, read, watch TV, etc.
I was reluctant to try reupholstering it
That's when we found this chair at goodwill for $12
I thought it would be a good to practice my "skills" (or lack thereof) on
And for some reason I thought it was a good idea to do striped fabric (it wasn't)
do you know how much time it takes to match striped fabric?
too much.
But I am crazy, and I did it/attempted to do it.
Sewed the piping and the arms, cut out all the pieces.
Left our house trashed for weeks.
Made a mistake and had to sew three arms and throw one out.
Just when I thought I had all the sewing done ... one side didn't fit right.
So I threw a temper tantrum.
Seriously.
But, now that the chair and I have spent some time apart.
I am going to take a deep breath, take the chair out of time out, pick up the pieces and try, try again.
And maybe (thats a big maybe) one day we will be kickin' back in a pretty striped chair ...
P.S. if you are concerned about our lack of comfortable seating, don't be ... we found a sweet deal at on a nearly new Crate & Barrel sofa, at a garage sale and we LOVE it!
3 comments:
hey if you want a couch and loveseat to match that chair, you can have ours!
Meagan, sometimes I wish you lived next door to me, and we were best friends. You come up with the coolest things!
I know the feeling when things don't work the way I was expecting them to. I think it's gonna look great though! I can't wait to see it.
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