Tuesday, June 21, 2011

My 1st Attempt

I rescued a chair!!! That's right.....dumpster diving!!! Just kidding! I did rescue a chair from the giant truck that eats the things people don't want though.

I had just decided to look for a chair that no one wanted anymore (on one of those famous websites) and wouldn't you know, my neighbor put one out for trash the very next week. So really I just picked it up off the side of the alley and put it in my garage.....thrilling, I know. So here are the before and after pictures.

Before:

After:


I wanted vinyl with a "funky or loud" pattern, but the store I went to didn't have quite what I was looking for. So I will keep my eye open and maybe change the seat later.

Here's the run down:
Chair Free
Paint $8
Vinyl $3
Foam $3__
Total $14

3 comments:

After His heart said...

great job!!!! It looks fabulous!!! I picked a chair up this week too, I didn't redo it, I put it in my flower bed and set a pot of flowers on it!!

I'll be looking for more great "makeovers" in the future!!

Mrs. C said...

okay...totally impressed. Seriously. Love it!

How was the sanding part? That's the part that causes me to 'back up slowly' when considering any of these projects. And I have quite a few of them in my home already. No need to look elsewhere.

Tiffany said...

Be still my beating heart. :) It looks awesome! And now you'll never look at trash day the same way again...in whatever neighborhood you're driving in. It's a sickness. Welcome. :) I LOVE your chair makeover!