DIY Accent Chair

Awhile back House and Home magazine featured Tommy Smythe's top 3 picks for an occasional chair.

Perty.  

And with price tags from $400 - $3200...expensive.

This little baby was $8.

Okay, at first glance maybe, not pretty...but it has good bones.  And fine, it has no arms, but still...$3200 for a CHAIR?  

An accent chair is a handy way to bring colour into a room.  It can be used as extra seating in a pinch or you can pop a tray on top and use it as a side table.

Keep your eyes open at thrift stores, get on Kijiji, watch the back lane, or search out your basement and let's get started!

Step One:

Turn your chair upside down and unscrew the seat.

Step Two:

Spray!  I chose glossy black because I wanted to ground a room that has a lot of white in it.

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Step Three:

Cut your fabric so that it's big enough to wrap around the edge of the seat.

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Step Four:

Staples are ideal but I didn't know where Dino's gun was and when I went to get furniture tacks I was all out...so I just used thumb tacks.

Step Five:

Corners can be tricky.  You can do them like you would a present, or you can just play around until you find a look you like.

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Step Six:

Reattach the seat.

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Ta DA!  

And the beauty of my $8 thrift store chair is that some day, if I should decide that I prefer lime green paint and toile fabric, I can just switch it up again.

If at any point during May's DIY tutorials you have questions, please ask.  I am going easy on the details so that you don't feel overwhelmed, but if you need more information just say the word.