Chair Up......

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When I was looking for the perfect reading/tv watching chair for the corner of my bedroom I went through a phase of buying and upcycling them. Finding the perfect comfortable and stylish bedroom chair actually is more difficult than it sounds. The first chair was a horrid rusted up 1960s vinyl lip chair that with a can of spray paint and some gorgeous fabric turned from trash to treasure. I loved the look of this chair but sadly it was too small and not comfortable enough for the space. I then stumbled upon an estate sale and for $30 picked up some also 1960's Don style chairs. These just needed some funky fabric and a coat of polyurethane. I don't have a before photo but the fabric was hideous and they had greasy head marks on them....yuk. While these chairs looked stunning when finished and because they reclined were really comfortable, I still felt that were not quite right for the space, perhaps a little too eclectic for our space, so I sold these on as well. The last chair I bought was a wing chair with fantastic lines but loose covered in a hideous pink linen which I detested. Armed with my unpicker, I pulled the loose cover apart and used it for the pattern for the new cover which is a beige and white textured upholstery fabric. The best thing about the cover is, if I get sick of it or it gets dirty I just whip it off and put a new one on. Since then I have also slip covered a reading chair for my daughters room and now have my blogging chair to slip cover as well. Watch this space.....