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Props for reusing so much!

Anthropologie would charge $1200 for that chair. ;)

Pretty sweet for a free chair.

CUTE!!! very very nice. that should get a prize :-)

absolutely beautiful, nice job!

Not my style, but major kudos on having the patience to DIY a project like this! Nice work!

holy sh*t, that is incredible!

so cute! not my style either, but waaay nicer than the ikea fabric that chair usually comes with! i really like that the legs are painted white too.

Imagine what's under the original upholstery; pet urine, spills, bedbugs,etc.

AT should have a contest for the best "Before"/"After" for remade/repurposed furniture.

awesome! i have the same blue chair, i think i got it ikea...god, maybe almost 10 years ago? it's kinda boring. wish i had the talent/patience to do the same.

Nice Work, though not my style.

Not my style either, but you did a great job, and very smart to have recycled fabrics and materials to get it done. Anthropologie would absolutely charge you an arm and a leg for something like that.

i think it looks great. i am also afraid of bedbugs in found furniture, so i wouldn't feel comfortable with reusing strange upholstered furniture. this gives me some ideas for chairs i have to recover...

Nice work. Although I'd never take any ulpholstery from the street. I know 2 too many people who've had to deal with bed bugs.

I don't like the fabric, but I love the idea.

nice! i like the fabric. is it all one piece or did you quilt it special?

Please start an etsy shop and sell your beautiful slipcovers!

Great job! Love it!

That's SO cool! Kimber is right -- Anthropologie would charge big $$$ for that.

well done! :-)

I really like it, but just this morning I passed two pretty decent armchairs in the alley behind my apartment (well, decent in shape and condition) but couldn't help but wonder at their history. Bugs, urine, bodily fluids...I'd love to be adventurous enough to adopt alley finds, but I'm such a germophobe...I may have to go back and investigate...

or you can buy a slipcovers at bemz.com

Yeah! why the hell does anthropolgie chairs cost so much???

Not my style, but a great idea. Well done!

I think I can still smell it a little.

Great Job!!

I cannot believe somebody actually sees "potential" with that "before"chair.
But good job.

amazing. i would have walked right passed it. used furniture (fabric) scares me!! well done. m

Bemz is out of my budget, so I'm going to use my faded pink tullsta cover to make a slip cover pattern. I hate that Ikea provides so few cover patterns for the Tullsta when there such great florals and stripes for the other lines.

The used furniture comments slay me. If you saw it recovered in an antique store for two hundred dollars, then it's "charming!"

I'm not a fan of patchwork but I like midcentury sofas too much to hate on reuse of finds.

You can probably get something off the chairs people have been touching at IKEA, too, or the armchairs at the coffeeshop, or heavens help you if you stay in a hotel!

kudos on the great "after"!

and i second JosieDaisy on the used furniture comments and hotel remark. plus, the new cover covers it already! and u could always leave it out in the sun to kill the germs, i think!

Anyone can buy almost anything. Minouette's customization of a caste-off deserves a big golden AT star! I like the idea of having one's own special chair, so personal, which is what makes a home, no?

Oh, goodness, that's my chair! Thanks AT! Thanks all, for your compliments and feedback. Much of the fabric I block printed with my own lino blocks. It is indeed a patchwork and not a single fabric

I'm not a germophobe and happily buy antique furniture. I inspected it when I found it and looked at it carefully once I had removed the original cover. It did not smell at all and had been in the sun. If it had any pet urine which I myself could not smell, my cat would have smelled and reacted immediately. If you are concerned about germs or allergy issues, you can do still do something similar (in whatever fabric suits your fancy) with your own used and somewhat damaged furniture, or furniture where you know more about the provenance.

I think our culture is a little too quick to treat everything as disposable. A little love, imagination and patience can transform items!

Best,
minouette

minouette.etsy.com