Here she is. She may be the prettiest little thing in town right now, but she’s been the bane of my existence for months. Don’t let her looks fool you.
Well, I guess her looks can fool you just a little bit. ‘Cause she sho’ is pretty.
I feel like I struggle with so many things not turning out exactly as I had planned, but this one exceeded my expectations. I think it’s just the chair. Look at those curves! You just can’t go wrong with curves like that!
To give her a smidge of bling, I purchased this zebra pillow on clearance at Wal-Mart. Perfection.
Oh wait. Did I say perfection? I meant that if you turn the lights down low and squint your eyes quite a bit. Believe me, she’s got her flaws.
As I gaze upon her beauty and bask in my accomplishment, something feels like it’s staring at me. Do you see it?
Oh that’s right. I stupidly bought two chairs. My accomplishment is only an accomp. It’s half done! It’s the dishwasher filled, but not turned on! It’s the toilet paper put on the roll, but put on backwards! I curse you other chair!
I won’t let her bring me down (yet). For now, I appreciate that at least one is done, and it’s GAWGEOUS! I’m also one step closer to finishing my craft room. Not long, and she’ll be able to be revealed as well!
Who knows what those girls were thinking, but the ladies behind The CSI Project have asked me to be a guest judge this week! I think that’s too cool! Go check it out and link up your creative idea!
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That is one BEAUTIFUL chair!!!! Love it! Great job! 🙂
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unbelievable transformation!!! Fabulous job!!! I'm inspired, thanks for sharing!!!
Kaye
So cute! I have a chair, similar in upholstery and I don't know how to reupholster it. Can you tell me how you did yours? Did you take the existing fabric off? Here is what mine looks like and I have no idea how to do it! http://amycornwell.blogspot.com/2010/06/chair-redo-step-1.html
Any advice would be greatly appreciated – yours are beautiful!
Sweet! It is gorgeous and that zebra sets it off quite well. I love the cording.
Very nice!!!
🙂 Beautiful!
It is beautiful! And I'll just bet the second one will go faster because you've learned all of the tricks now, right?
That chair is GORGEOUS! You did a fantastic job. I also have two chairs that I want to paint and reupholster. Seeing your photo just gave me the motivation I needed. Good luck with chair #2!
I hate reupholstering chairs! I'm the worst at getting every little curve and wrinkle out! You did awesome!
xoxo
Lila Ferraro
I love the chair!!
she is one beautiful lady..
I WANT HER!!
but my urbabies would have her covered in a kitty minute..
with furry stuff!
but she is gorgeous!!
fabulous job!!
warmest hugs!
Loui♥
congratulations, she's beautiful!
Great job! LOVE the chair, it's so pretty and what a versatile piece to have!
Ooh!!! I love it, I want this chair!! You did a fabulous job.
Even Cinderella ran with only one shoe!!!
Don't feel bad about the other chair…it will be just as beautiful!!
Beautiful job on the chair! I recently did 2 chairs also- which were sitting staring at me for a long while. I found that the second chair was A LOT easier to do -prob bc I had a plan the second time around LOL
I LOVE that chair. You've done a fantastic job!
Nice work!! She looks great. 🙂
Now if you would just show us pictures of how you turned Cinderella into the princess – I have a chair I'd love to redo, but oh, it scares me so!
Hahaha – it looks great! Really, really great. Any tips on the how-tos of the project?
Oh, Chris. You never cease to amaze. But this time, you've outdone even YOU! Honestly, she's just beautiful–and that zebra pillow is just icing on a very, very yummy cake. Well done!!
The chair looks fantastic! I love the pillow too. I totally feel your pain on the second chair. After finishing my first chair I almost cried thinking about all of the work to finish the second!!
She is beautiful, Chris! Flaws or not, I love it! You did a great job! Can't wait to see the other one. : ) You know, whenever you've recovered from doing this one and decide to move on. Maybe it's like childbirth, you forget the pain and do it again!
She is beautiful!
I love the chair alot! Awsome color combo.
That chair is gorgeous!!! I wish I was that creative. Fantastic!
It looks great! Hopefully the other one will go quicker?
She is a pretty little thing! Love the pillow with it, too. Great job!
I think you did a fantastic job!!! I'm so happy to have found your blog too!
It turned out beautiful! Great job! Tutorial please:) (I am pretty sure that's what the second chair is for…)
Beautiful! I love your fabric choice! Hang in there…number 2 is bound to be easier!
Uhhhhhhh! yep thats me whining because I have been looking for a cute chair I can recover and you find TWO! I want this kind of style with the cute little arm rest pads!
Very good job! Bring the sister to Baltimore I'll take the red headed errr orange headed step child =)
I have a dining chair with an upholstered back and i have no idea how to get it off. It has wood around it like your chair. It is like the cording is glued to the wood. i want to get the fabric off so i can paint it and reupholster it and make it look all cute but i don't know how. The seat doesn't unscrew either. it had a black liner material and under that there are springs (the kind that look like curved zigzags. I don't know if it is even possible to redo the thing. Anyway, I would love to hear more details on how you did your chair. It turned out great!
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What a cute chair! I love the colors in this room!
All your blog friends said it all! What a great job. I too would like a tutorial. I love your damask material and the color is fantastic. What an unbelievable transformation. You out did yourself sweetheart! Mama's really proud of you.
Love ya…Mom
Great job! I love the pillow with the chair and I am sure the second chair will be much easier! Good luck!
My mom in law just gave me a love seat that looks like your before pic, did you do a tutorial on this transformation? I would love to see it!
Great job! She looks wonderful and I'm sure she appreciates your hard work giving her a facelift.
Your chair is GORGEOUS!!! Wow – Love Love Love her. She would look perfect in my living room 😉
I think she looks perfect! Thanks so much for guest judging for us this week. You are fabulous and we are thrilled!!!
XOXO
jen
Oh, WOW–I LOVE the gawgeous chair!!! Love the color, love the fabric, and love the bling pillow! 🙂
Love this chair you did an awesome job!
The chair look amazing. Love the zebra pillow too, great job!
its gorgeous!!!!!! i love the fabric!!!!
My heart just stopped!
I am IN. LOVE. with that chair!
Just consider the other one an ugly stepsister who is jealous, but knows one day she will be a beautiful Cinderella. It's all in the timing. 🙂
Can't wait to see the conclusion to the accomp!
And Yay on your judging gig!
Beautiful chair!!!
LOVE!
I love what you did! Beautiful paint job, beautiful fabric, beautiful trim! It's just yummy!
you are hilarious, I love reading your posts! you're right – she's GAWGEOUS!
Cinderella is beautiful, but she does need her prince charming right?
OMG!! It is a thing of beauty!!! You HAVE to do a tutorial since u have the other ugly step-sis. YOU HAVE TO!!!!! PLEASEE!!!
OooOOoooo.. Ahhhhh.. I lurve it!
Great job!!! I love the curves and if you put it in the corner who would notice the trim shortage?!
Have a beautiful weekend~
;-D Kathleen
The chair is fabulous! Love it!
i adore this chair! such a perfect color!
It's gorgeous!!
I've been waiting not-so-patiently for those pillows to go on clearance at our walmart. I might have to run back and check again today.
It really looks stunning, great work!
love the rug…where is it from?
That is such a gorgeous makeover! You did such a great job, even with the flaws 🙂
XO
Been searching for a chair like this EVERYWHERE!!! I love love love it! Do you ever sale any of your furniture? If not, do you have a break down of how you did this? I’m a arts and crafts lover but stuck to the simple stuff that only involve scissors and glue 🙂 Would love to try my hand in something like this since I can’t find one in my price range anywhere!! Would love the help. Thanks.
I have two chairs exactly like this and have been searching everywhere for a good tutorial! Would LOVE to know how you made this SO beautiful!