Great Minds Think Alike....

Someone else had the same idea I had!

Check out this Style at Home transformation that was just published today:

THEIR transformation: $550.00 per chair (plus the cost of fabric).

MY transformation: $90 per chair (cost of chair plus spraying white) + $12 each chair in fabric...so $102.00 per chair.

Mind you, their chairs have much more fabric than mine, but the look is still very similar. Yes for DIY!!

Oh and check out: Style At Home Best Designer Secrets for 2011. Some incredible ideas in there ;)

Chair Reveal

A while back, I posted about picking fabric for the chairs that we found on Kijiji. So here is the final reveal! The hardest part about doing these chairs, was honestly sourcing out the fabric. Previously I mentioned finding some amazing fabrics on Tonic Living and I love what they carry. Make sure to check out their site! Once I found the fabric the rest was easy.

First let me remind you of how the chairs looked before:

We took the seats off, and the topic layer of plaid fabric to reveal this:

Then I began to measure and staple the new fabric on:



All the chair frames were painted white:

And then the finished seat cushions were added! Voila!

Upcycled dining chairs complete!

Fab Fabrics

I wanted to post about an amazing website to find fabulous fabrics. Living in a "small" town, the only real places to find a decent fabric selection is at the fabric land store, that has looked the same for the past 30 years.
Although, they do have some modern fabrics (if you are prepared for a search and find mission) the selection isn't that great. Therefore, I am on the hunt for a "modern" fabric store.


I am in the process of recovering some seat cushions and am looking for some cool fabrics that can help to bring these chairs back to life.


Here is a picture of the chairs before:

We have painted them white and just need to find some fabric for the chairs.


My wonderful mom and I recently took a trip to Hamilton where there are a variety of fabric stores (about 10 stores in one block), but again no luck.


Not sure where else to look (other than driving down to Toronto) I was informed of a great fabric source through reading my inspiration blogs. Rambling Renovators recommended to check out Tonic Living for some funky fabrics...so I did and LOVE them!


I found some great fabrics for the seats, but just can't decide on one! Ive mailed away for 10 different fabric samples and have narrowed it down to 2:

I think I prefer the first sample, as the pattern is a bit larger and has more grey to it. Since the chairs are getting painted white, I think the second fabric might be a bit too white. I ordered the first fabric and its going to cost me less than $80.00 to cover all 6 chairs :)


Plus, I noticed on the Crate and Barrel site (thanks to "Home Decor Bugetista") that they are selling the "Chloe" chair covered with this exact fabric for $1000.00, and I think it looks pretty fabulous:

Tonic Living has some amazing fabrics available, AND they do custom orders as well!
Check them out :)


(AND stay tuned for the progress on the chairs!)