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May 8th, 2008
before and after: jessica’s shoetopia chair


today’s final before & after comes from shoe-boutique owner jessica of shoetopia in cincinnati. jessica was trying to figure out how to update her display windows for the spring season and decided to update a set of two chairs she found at a used furniture store. in order to incorporate them into her “living in yellow” shop theme, she decided to spray paint the chairs a bright “sun yellow” and use them in her front window showcase. i love the bright pop of yellow against the blue window frame. great work, jessica!


[image above: jessica’s chair before]

14 comments
Jane said:
May 8th, 2008 - 12:08 pm

I love anything in yellow! Beautiful job Jessica!

Jane said:
May 8th, 2008 - 12:08 pm

I love anything in yellow, beautiful job Jessica!

Wendy said:
May 8th, 2008 - 12:30 pm

While the idea was lovely, that poor chair was practically destroyed by the ugly yellow paint. Just look at how pretty the wood was in the before picture. What a shame.

sarah said:
May 8th, 2008 - 2:27 pm

i love this color combo actually, and i usually don’t like it when people paint over wood since it’s tricky to pull off. this one is working for me though. mostly because the hue of acid-y yellow combined with the more natural tapestry color. i’m sure it gets alot of attention in the window.

The Lab said:
May 8th, 2008 - 2:52 pm

Ooohh, we love Shoetopia here in the ‘Nati! It is such a great shop, we had a happy hour there with Edelman Leather and the ladies at Shoetopia were the best! Love it!

May 8th, 2008 - 3:00 pm

Way to go!! LOVE it! So neat to take something ordinary and make it extraordinary!! Very eye catching…

Anna said:
May 8th, 2008 - 5:37 pm

Now I know this post is about the furniture… but who made those grey and beige shoes at the front?? They are gorgeous!

May 8th, 2008 - 6:47 pm

Such a transformation. Bravo!

May 8th, 2008 - 7:04 pm

Love the color combination she choose. It goes great in that window!

Jessica said:
May 8th, 2008 - 7:08 pm

Thanks for all of the wonderful words! We really did have a great time going yellow this spring…am already thinking about the fall season, and it’s only May ;)

p.s. Anna - the shoes are made by Terra Plana out of the UK.

sue said:
May 8th, 2008 - 11:18 pm

So excited to see Cincinnati on d*s!! I noticed this window the other day - it makes the whole block look better!

tricia Bateman said:
May 9th, 2008 - 9:26 am

i live in northside and LOVE shoetopia. great to see the mention on d*s. i noticed the chair and the new window recently, too. very nice. hooray for independent stores!

Emily S. said:
May 9th, 2008 - 10:53 pm

So nice to see a Cincinnati store (not far from my neighborhood) on your blog, Grace! Thanks!

CB said:
May 10th, 2008 - 6:39 am

I’m a huge fan of design critique, and I’m new to this site. So anything I say, please try not to take offense. So okay … I find the yellow to be rather sweaty and sticky looking. I loved the original chair and would have enjoyed a washed out color on the wood. Or bold color (not neon yellow) on the wood and a vibrant fabric to set it off. The existing fabric, though, works so nicely with the shoes in the window. But the yellow just doesn’t work. That said, I would certainly notice your window from afar. :o) And I love window design.

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