Before & After: A Flea Market Chair Forgets Its Past

Written by

Jennifer Hunter
Jennifer Hunter
Jennifer spends her days writing and thinking about decor, food and fashion in NYC. Not too shabby.
published Sep 12, 2014
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Emily called it “love at first sight” when she found this upholstered chair at a flea market. She’d been in the market for a new desk chair that she could fix up. Just what did she do with it? (Hint: those tools seem to be Emily’s favorite color).

(Image credit: Emily)

So fun! Emily needed to add some color to her all-white office so she really went all out. And that is one professional-looking reupholstery job.

From Emily:

Some white paint and hot pink and white striped fabric completely transformed this chair. All in all a pretty good amount of time went into this project. A day to take it apart, a weekend for painting, a few days to cover, and another afternoon for piping and finishing. But I love my new chair and the way it turned out. Especially since something similar would have cost me $450!!!! That’s just crazy.

See more at E. Olsen Designs.

Thank you Emily!