Sometimes things are just meant to be, like when I found this chair sitting next to the garbage in our alley way.
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I didn’t think much of it until we went to CB2 and got Dan a new desk for studying. We started sharing the one sad office chair I currently use (and more importantly hate!) and it got me thinking about the chair in the alley … and its possibilities.
So I swiftly grabbed it Saturday morning, and snuck into our basement where everyone does laundry. In there, I knew I had spotted what I’ll call the “community” paint from someone’s left-overs.
Yeehaw y’all, time to get to work!
I used some of the Patricia fabric I had on hand and went to town. (Remember this creation? I still wear is all the time. I just can’t get enough of the discontinued fabric from Ikea.)
In the end, it only took about three hours total, between lunch and AC breaks. There’s no air conditioner in the kitchen and it got up to almost 90 degrees this weekend, so it would get pretty warm in there.
BREAKDOWN
Chair: Free from the alley gods
Paint: “Community” Behr Paint, found in basement
Brushes: Already owned
Fabric: Patricia by Ikea ($9 per yard)
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Total cost: $9.
The best part is that we each have a chair since he can use my old one (planned that well, didn’t I?) and I got the something pretty chic to sit my booty on.
Half way there.
Done and done!
