Armchair makeover

A few weeks ago I spied a horrid old chair at the op shop. But I could see it had great potential for a makeover! I sent Dave a photo and asked if he was interested in doing up the chair together. He said sure, why not, so a lovely friend's husband picked it up and brought it home for us (our cars are too small). Here's how it started out. We took off the cushions and gave it a really good sand. I loved the colour of the timber (I think it's teak) so we decided we would just buy a clear…

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Hello, everyone! I am back with a DIY decor project I have been SUPER excited to tackle: recovering some Louis XV chairs I got for a song on Craigslist. I will briefly give some tips on how I went about this DIY project, but I am not going to go into to much detail because it's pretty straightforward, and let's just be honest: if you're like me, you just browse through the pictures. So let's get on with it! The before: Great, right? Eh, not so much. I got a set of two chairs, one is a side…

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Don't be scared of having a go at recovering that old armchair. If you take it slow and steady it's not as scary as you think!

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We can all slap a coat of paint on a piece of furniture or two and call it a makeover. When fabric and upholstery are involved, however, it's a bit more

Holy SMOKES……..this post is WAY overdue! I hinted way back in October that I was working on re-upholstering a chair for Chloe’s nursery, from a chair