Thrifty Chair Re-do

When I  rearranged my office, I really wanted to make room for a comfy chair. A chair for visitors, a chair for me, a place to sit in my office besides at the desk. As the saying goes...I have champagne taste and a beer purse. Therefore, I've been, ahem, ~sitting~ on this project for a while.

I was at the thrift store the other day and spotted a sad little pink chair for only $6.99. Now, I have lots of these types of projects around here...you know, pick it up cheap, have all kinds of plans, never get around to the plans. I knew if I got the chair, I was going to have to do something with it fast or Mr. NeverBored would give it the old heave ho. So, long story short, I got the chair and within a week the project is complete! I believe this may be a new record for me.

This project consisted of: 1 sad pink velour chair ($6.99 thrift store purchase), 1 black satin sheet set ($6.00 thrift store purchase), 1 roll of pink organza wired ribbon ($4.00 ~ half off! ~ at Hobby Lobby), some safety pins (about $1 at Wal-Mart), old beat up throw pillow ($0), and one pair of old silver cherub earrings ($0) = $17.99

Basically, I just draped first one sheet and then the other and tucked and pinned until the fit was just right. For the pillow, I stuffed the old throw pillow into the satin pillowcase, folded over the top, pinned in place, tied a pink bow around the whole thing and that was it!

Check out my $17.99 Thrift Chair Re-do!

BEFORE...

AFTER!

I do think it looks better in person. It's difficult to photograph black satin in a dark, downstairs OfficeCave. Oh, looking at this photo, I see that one of my next projects needs to be to tackle all that junk on the bookcase behind the chair ;)

Here is a close-up photo of the organza bow with little cherub earring decoration. I really wanted some big, gaudy rhinestone brooches in the bow centers, but didn't have any on hand.

Has my creative funk lifted? I sure hope so...