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Mid Century Modern Chair Makeover Reveal

Remember the cute little mid century chair I found for $20 on Craigslist recently? I blogged about it a couple months ago, excited to get started on yet another project. Here's what it looked like when I found it:

I spent hours stripping it, sanding it, then I sealed and stained it in one step with Danish Wood Oil in Medium Walnut. I found a really nice Fabric at Boca Bargoons, it had a water stain right in the middle of the roll. It retailed for $75 a yard, but I got it for $6 a yard with the stain. I bought what was left of the roll and there was plenty at the beginning of the roll for the chair, and at the end for an ottoman and I could just throw out the water stained part.

I was not up for the reupholstering part, since the chair needed to be completely restuffed in addition to recovered. I sent it out to a local upholstery place, and they did a great job! What do you think?

I am still refinishing a table and ordering an ottoman for the bedroom, the bed is finished, then I'll be ready for the big bedroom reveal!

Mid Century Modern Chair Makeover

This little chair is a $20 Craigslist find! It's got great bones, but needs some serious assistance in the makeover department. I'm not sure of the origin of the chair and it does not have any markings or stamp, anyone want to guess who made it or have something similar?

We are embarking on a master bedroom makeover, this chair will be perfect in a corner by the window with an ottoman. Just the place to curl up and read! It's an easy DIY project, comfy, clean lines but the upholstery is ragged, the stuffing is worn and elbow grease will do it good. The nice thing about this chair is that it is super comfy for a short person like me.

First I took off the old upholstery, Diva helped me, with a little tiny screwdriver and her own needle nose, I was so proud! What lie beneath was not pretty:

I needed to take some of the upholstery off in order to strip and sand, but that stuff was yucky underneath. It's not horsehair, it seems to be some sort of wood material and it stunk. Once the upholstery was pulled back I stripped it, fine sanded it and finished it with Danish Wood Oil.

After the wood was refinished, it was off to the upholstery shop to have it reupholstered in a gorgeous grey velvety material I found for a song. Boca Bargoons sold it to me for about $6 a yard although it retails for $75/yard; there were only 5.5 yards left and right between yard 3.5-4.5 was an unusable yard due to water damage. That was fine with me since the chair would take about 2 yards and the ottoman less than 1; I will still have leftovers for pillows!

 I'm intending to make a little square ottoman using the leftover fabric, a square piece of plywood and some legs from Uncle Bob's Workshop. Can't beat a $7.50 ottoman!

The upholstery shop gave me a 1.5 week timeline, so I should be able to post the after photos soon! What do you think?