Fantastic indeed! The Craigslist chair makeover look great. Thanks for sharing.

WOW! That first chair is stunning. Congrats!

Do you know if there is any blog who focus on remakes of IKEA furniture? If not, there rreally should be one :D People are so creative.

Pretty fabric. Where is it from?

these are both great! i have two chairs i need to reupholster and i’d love to do them myself (better get to work, huh?)

Amazing! I love the before & after for the first chair.

That first chair is certainly fantastic!

wow, really amazing work. the first chair is my fav.

jill’s first chair looks like a giraffe! long and lean….love it.

I have a love seat I would love to reupholster. I have never done this before, is there a website or a book I can purchase to help me along?

That first chair started out truly weird. Who is responsible for that?? But the makeover makes it look like a million bucks. Nice work.

I love what Jill did with the first chair — it looks awesome!!!

I recently bought 4 chairs for $80 from Kijiji. I cant wait to start working on them… seeing great transformations like these two chairs is so inspiring :-)

Kelly @ DesignTies

Glad you guys like ‘em. The giraffe fabric is from fabric.com. Great discount for first-time shoppers. The blue fabric is from tonicliving.com.
It takes time, but it’s easy. Use the existing fabric as your pattern and go for it. Good luck to everyone else on their projects.

Hi Jill.

Love the lunna chair. I have one and it is super comfy! My cover got ruined due to a leaky roof. I’m not much for sewing, any tips on recovering it?

The first chair is to die for! I have a horribly ugly chair I would love to re-do, do you know where I can find a great how-to for beginner re-upholstering??

great to see the Berries fabric used on the chair! looks fantastic, tonic living have some gorgeous fabrics.

i’m inspired! now if i could only find a chair to recover….

I love the fabric on the first chair.

Hi, could you post the pattern? I have the same chair and I´d like to make a cover for it.

thanks

this is my 1st comment ever on this blog…although i’ve been reading it forever…i’m always impressed with the before/after projects, the 1st chair with the giraffe print forced me to post. SUCH

OOPS…meant to finish that thought…SUCH a great makeover!!!

The Lunna chair cover unzips to come off. I took a seam ripper to it and the pieces were my pattern.
For the water stain problem, it might be cool to slip it off, throw it in with some rit dye and see what happens. It’s not like you can ruin it now.

Both chairs just scream “creativity & talent” ~ I see a bright future ahead for Jill ~
Chairs by Jill! Keep up the fine work ~ You have a keen eye.

The chairs look great! Does anyone know of any good websites that show you how to recover chairs? Thanks

Jill – will you make me a chair? Pleeeeease? Seriously though, if you’re willing to do some custom work (for pay), please let me know how I can get in touch with you. You’ve done a beautiful job on both!

Those chairs are just beautiful! I especially love the first one. I’ve tackled re-finishing furniture, but I really want to try some chairs. Thanks for the inspiration!

This is so pretty! But is it difficult to DIY? I have one wingback chair which I wanna change the fabric too…. seems to be a lot of work? How long did it take?

I’m in LOVE with the giraffe print chair. I have been looking for a cozy chair to makeover, and this style intimidated me, but I think I’ll go for it! And I just found one on CraigsList for only $30. Did this require any sewing? Was taking apart the chair difficult? Any info would be GREAT!!! GOOD JOB!!

About that white painted armchair: Since my parents painted over a lot of nice wood furniture in the 70ies and going to art and crafts school i now am very hesitant in painting over any wood that can be cleaned up and waxed. Wood is such a good neutral element to match anything to anyway.