Elizabeth rescued this chair from the dumpster at the Marriot Hotel and decided to try her hand at reupholstery. Intending to ditch the stained and dated fabric for something more modern, she began her search for the right textile. With $30 and a clever workaround, she was able to turn someone else's trash into a beautiful piece of furniture for her home.
After realizing that her fabric of choice was going to cost somewhere around $200 a yard, she abandoned the print to search for alternate solutions. While checking out the IKEA textiles, she stumbled upon the Kajsa Curtains, which embody the simple modern look she was looking for, at a great price. Instead of being confined by typical solutions for upholstery fabric, she was able to use a little creativity to refresh a forgotten chair. The result looks great!
Images: Elizabeth Cox
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What I've gathered from this article is that I should dumpster dive at hotels!
I'll bet that's the prettiest seat in the hedge!
That's amazing! It wouldn't stay white very long in my house, though.
Good heavens - you have a career as a designer out there. One of the best makeovers I've ever seen. Congrats!
I once reupholstered four chair seats with a flat sheet I bought at Target. There wasn't a good place to get fabric in my town, and the sheet only cost $8!
There is a reason upholstery fabric is heavy. Sheets/curtains not designed for years of wear. Also, I'd spray lots of waterproofing stainguard on a white design.
very nice.. although.. white? I think it would be impossible to keep clean, if it was actually used..
beautiful!
I have those curtains in my LR/DR, and I can attest to the fact that they are actually a very thick fabric, more like the usual upholstery fabric used on chairs and so on - and they also spot clean very well (I have toddlers). So I think this chair might be hardier than it looks - and it really does look beautiful!
It looks amazing - a great choice of fabric for the chair shape and astonishingly well-executed for a first attempt at upholstery.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!!
This is a great idea for 'testing the waters'. I know I wouldn't want to butcher yards of expensive fabric on a large project without practice.
I actually picked up some bargain basement upholstery fabric, around $5, and I'm going to do a test run on my dining room chairs. The fabric I really want to use is $30 a yard, so I'll spend the time to practice!
Also-the chair turned out great!
Wow - beautiful!
Very pretty pattern. I'm itching to try out reupholstery. Craigslist has some good buys right now.