Guys! Hi! I’m baaaaaccckkkk! Whew. Apologies for being so MIA this past week – let me tell you, it has been a BUSY one. Spent last Friday-Monday in Leavenworth with my husband and his parents having a little vacay then came back home, worked my job at the library Tuesday and Wednesday, with a photography gig Tuesday night after I got off the library, and then Thursday, I turned right back around and headed towards Leavenworth to Chelan until Saturday night for my sister’s Bachelorette party/weekend. Then work again on Sunday at the library. Whoa. I calculated it out and spent about 15+ hours in the car this weekend. Just now finally starting to catch my breath, but there’s a lot to catch up on in blogland, so I’m sure I’ll definitely be busy for the next couple weeks trying to get my groove back! Yowza.
But I’m SUPER excited because today I’m bringing you one of my first pieces of furniture rehab – a chair makeover! I found this amazingly awesome vintage chair at a garage sale a few months back for $5.00.
Holy cow, 5 bucks! I saw it sitting there in the driveway and I actually made my husband turn the car around so we could stop and get it! I love it’s rounded back and cool lines. The leather seat was ripped with the foam filling coming out and I could just tell it needed a little love. Enter me!
At first I wanted to spray paint the whole thing, but after having it sit in my craft room for a while, I decided that I really liked the wood grain, even if it was a little beat up. So I decided to recover the seat and give the legs a gold dip.
Unscrewing the seat base was super easy!
I found this gorgeous gold pleather-like fabric that I knew would be perfect for the job!
My trusty Staple Gun
I LOOOVE how it turned out! Not too shabby, for my first chair makeover, eh? It looks so great by my desk. I experimented with putting it in different locations to see where I liked it best and for some fun glamor shots!
I think I found a great spot for it in my bedroom in an unused corner that would be perfect as a little getting ready station to put on my shoes and accessories.
I just love the gold details!
What do you think? Do you like it better as a desk chair or as a little vanity chair in my bedroom? I’d love your help in deciding!!
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I love it!! It’s precious!
Congrats on your first furniture piece!! I love it! Especially love that little chevron patter on the back, it’s the perfect touch!
Thanks so much, Bre! Coming from the master of furniture makeovers, that means a lot 🙂
Holy cow! How much better does this chair look?! Love the gold, especially the dipped feet. Nice job, Erica!
Thanks so much, Sarah! I love how it turned out 🙂 Wayyyy better than before!
Wow! It looks gorgeous!
Very cute, Erica! I would love for that to be MY desk chair! 🙂
Aw, thanks, Bre! 🙂
Love how you transformed what most people would consider “junk” into something so chic! Love it. Also thank you for stopping by my blog http://www.citymomloves.com
Thanks so much, Tanya! I’m really pleased with how it turned out. I love your blog, too!:)
I think your groovy chair shines by itself. Just doesn’t look right at the white desk, although that does show off the chevron pattern. Anyway, I love it!
Thanks for stopping by, Lynn! I think I like it better in my bedroom, too – it just fits the space better. But I agree that when it’s at the desk it shows of the fun chevron detail better!
That is AMAZING! What a great transformation. 🙂
Thank you so much, Jen! 🙂
I am in love with this lovely gold dipped chair! Thanks for linking up to “On Display Thursday”
Thank you so much! I’m excited to link up with you guys every week! 🙂
Those dipped chair legs have got me thinking that a whole dining room set could be done like this. Very cool! Visiting you via “PaperFox” linkup where I am your neighbor, a couple of doors down.
Hi Neighbor 😉 Thank you so much for stopping by! I would totally do a set like this if I found more pieces 🙂
Very cool chair Erica! Maybe putting the chevron pattern on the front of the chair would be a good idea so you can show it off any way to put the chair. Just a thought …
Thanks for the idea, Mary! That’s definitely a good point
Love this redo! Thanks for linking up with us at the DIY’ers… You were one of our features from this week!
Thank you so much for featuring me! I absolutely love your linky – such a fun party 🙂
Thank you SO much for featuring me! I absolutely love the linky – what a great party 🙂
LOVE it! the arrows on the back are awesome!
Thanks so much, Cassie! I threw them in at the last minute for a fun touch 🙂
Which gold paint did you use. Can’t wait to try this on my desk chair.
BTW, love it in the corner in the bedroom, so classy!
I just used Krylon Metallic Gold spray paint which you can get here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BZX3H6/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000BZX3H6&linkCode=as2&tag=dwellbeaut0e-20&linkId=75ZCFWRJAREIC7GV – just tape off the parts you don’t want to get paint on them and spray away! Can’t wait to see what you do to your desk chair!
I love this!! I actually just saw a similar chair at the curb side yesterday – I should have picked it up!
Aw, thanks! And darn! I hate when I pass by something only to think of a great project idea later. Next time!