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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Red Chair Makeover

I have been fixing up a crafty area in my house for awhile now. I decided I needed to refinish a chair that I could set things on sit in when I craft.

I found this old chair at a Salvation Army.

I removed the cushion and sanded the chair.

I wanted to paint it a glossy red color.

I put a couple coats on it...

While that was drying, I ripped off the old cushion.

I traced it on the new (recycled) foam I was going to use. (My mom helped me, thanks Mom!)

Here are all the layers.

Time to staple everything together.

Trim it up.

Staple on the fabric.

Trim it up again.

Put it all back together.


A lovely place to sit.

33 comments:

  1. Nothing is better than teal and red! Love this! found you @ it's so very cheri!
    -Kat

    http://katray.blogspot.com/

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  2. Way cute! Love the color and fabric you choose. They look great together!

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  3. Love the fabric! Great idea to add new padding on top of the old. I like that it gives it a fuller look too!

    Found you @ it's so very cheri!

    www.mommagoround.blogspot.com

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  4. WOW - that looks like whole new chair !!!!!! GREAT job !


    thanks for sharing,
    gena
    www.thehouseonlavenderhill.blogspot.com

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  5. I like the combo of colors. It is bright and fun now. Saw you at BNOTP.

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  6. Those are my favorite colors and I love the chair. Great job!

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  7. Gotta love a red chair! And the fabric makes it even better!

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  8. Love this. I have eight chairs just waiting for some makeover love. Thanks for the inspiration to get to work.

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  9. It looks great! I love anything red and the fabric looks terrific with it!!

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  10. I love that fabric! Reminds me that it's time to recover my dining room chairs again. Where did you get that great fabric?

    www.zibelineknits.blogspot.com

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  11. The colors looks great together! I love the aqua fabric. Really pretty!

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  12. Fabulous chair redo! I LOVE the red :)

    Hannah @ http://youngancrafty.blogspot.com/

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  13. I love the colors you chose. It turned out lovely. I'm visiting from It's So Very Cheri.

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  14. I just love the way that turned out! You did a great job!

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  15. Great job, you look so happy makin over your chair. I wish I could just find a cute chair.

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  16. Very cute! I love the colors, the chair will definitely brighten up any room!

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  17. What a nice color combination - you look so cute stapling :).

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  18. Very perky! I think that chair will inspire you to greater heights. It looks like it has a creative vibe.

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  19. This is why I love blog hops soooo much. You find great sites like yours. Love the chair. You have talent! Now following and can't wait till the kids are in bed to check out the rest of your blog
    Following you now and hope you can do the same for me

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  20. That's such a great color combination! One of my favorites right now.

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  21. Well, I just couldn't resist commenting. This is currently my favorite color combination. You did an outstanding job!!

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  22. Great new look. Love that red!!!

    Thanks for sharing!

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  23. Great redo--love the red with the blue! Thanks for linking up to Beyond The Picket Fence's Under $100 Party!

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  24. The chair looks great! I used that same color on a frame and I was amazed how transparent the paint was. I think I had to use about 5-6 coats! Wondering if you had the same issue or if I had bad paint.

    Thanks for sharing.
    Brittany
    http://www.prettyhandygirl.com

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  25. It looks so bright and cheery! What a wonderful color combination! And comfy, too. ;)

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  26. Hey! Just wanted to let you know I featured this today on FTF! Thanks for linking up and go ahead and grab a featured button if you would like!

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  27. wow! that is incredible! I love doing chair makeovers! I haven't found any good thrifted chairs lately (which my husband probably loves). Found you from favorite things. annd I'm a redhead and totally agree. ; )

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