While browsing some amazing blogs I came across Chicago Now which has a great sections written by Diana Durkes called the Garage Sale Warrior. And, as you might imagine she spends most of her time hunting for second hand treasures to give new life to. One of my favorite projects is a turned barrel chair from the 50′s.
Do you know what it would cost to have that chair made today??? Oh my God, those spindles are beautiful. She bought some funky Ikea fabric, painted it and voila! It’s gorgeous, wouldn’t you agree? I think it would look so sweet in a nursery.
Diane has totally inspired me to stop trying to head on over to Ikea myself to find a cheap and gorgeous fabric to redo a cute little chair that I’ve been procrastinating about for months.
If you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing it!
I have been giving new life back to our old furniture. Well, I say “our” but I mean my husbands tacky, faux wood, Ikea PDF bedroom furniture, which I inherited when I moved in. We couldn’t afford to go and buy all new, so I experimented and absolutely love the results.
I went for a rustic, shabby chic look by paining over the pdf in white then roughly sanding over the new paint to create a distressed look. This was trickier then it sounds, as PDF can be hard to paint over, unlike wood. but with a good sanding to start, scuffing the slick surface and a paint designed for such difficult materials, your on your way.
There’s something about turning something old or ugly into something new and beautiful that gives you a real buzz.
I will be on the hunt for kitchen table chairs soon so this article has again inspired me on the possibilities.