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December 18th, 2008

before and after: emily’s chair

emily of sewing notions found this chair (part of a 3-chair set) in the basement of her old home and decided to repaint and upholster them using a colorful amy butler lotus fabric. it goes so well with her pink desk and is a nice reminder that in these tough economic times you can always make something lovely without spending too much money. thanks, emily!

	19 comments
Mattbot said: December 18th, 2008 - 11:14 am	it looks great next to the desk!

E to the M said: December 18th, 2008 - 11:17 am	Hmmmm, my name’s Emily; does this mean the chair is mine? Beautiful work.

roryjean said: December 18th, 2008 - 11:53 am	Wow, who knew those boring, drab old chairs could be made so vibrant and fresh.

Anon said: December 18th, 2008 - 12:14 pm	Beautiful! I don’t care what other readers say…you can never post too many chair before&afters!

315thomas said: December 18th, 2008 - 1:00 pm	so cute with the pink desk and imac!

Kristan said: December 18th, 2008 - 1:58 pm	I’m not sure I’d love it on its own (not because it’s not pretty but because the pattern just isn’t my personal style) but paired with the desk it look fabulous! Also I think the softer lighting in the second picture is just more flattering. :)

Kristan said: December 18th, 2008 - 1:58 pm	Oh, but no matter what, it’s a HUGE improvement over the Before, and way better than anything I could do myself!

handmadejulz said: December 18th, 2008 - 2:35 pm	the before and afters you share are always so inspiring!

lucky said: December 18th, 2008 - 3:20 pm	gorgeous

Mieze said: December 18th, 2008 - 5:39 pm	I agree with Kristan! I didn’t like it at first but in the third pic the chair looks great! r-e-s-p-e-c-t

puck said: December 18th, 2008 - 8:06 pm	looks so cute with the desk!

jenrc said: December 18th, 2008 - 8:19 pm	hum drum chairs to awesome…great job! am so inspired to change mine right now.

Geri said: December 18th, 2008 - 10:53 pm	From blah to beautiful.

Rachel B said: December 19th, 2008 - 8:42 am	I love the before and afters! But seriously, these posts make me feel like I’m the only person out here who has NO idea how to re-upholster a chair. Is it really that easy? Or do I need some sort of training?

Jennifer said: December 19th, 2008 - 9:30 am	So fresh and cute!!

kristin said: December 20th, 2008 - 5:34 pm	oooooh i LOVE LOVE LOVE this!! what a great job!!

robin said: December 22nd, 2008 - 11:12 pm	EW. are you kidding me. i cant believe she painted over the natural wood to make it look like something you could get at ikea.

Emmilie said: January 7th, 2009 - 3:28 pm	I love this!

lauren said: February 7th, 2009 - 12:00 am	yeah i liked this one much more before. the after is too pretty-pretty-princess for my liking.

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