Outdated French Dining Chair Makeover With Chalk Paint & Ballad Bouquet Fabric

I have been busy finishing up some of the final details for the kitchen reveal. 

Back in the spring time I found four of these french chairs. Two will end up in the dining room when I get a chance to make them over. One of them is for the kitchen at our built in desk area. The chairs were in perfect condition. They just needed to be updated.

The first chore was to deconstruct the chair. This was my first time attempting an upholstery job on my own so I was nervous. I made sure to  take pictures of each and every step before ripping everything off so I could refer back to the pics when putting the chair back together. Trust me this was a life saver!

It took me about an hour and half to get the chair down to this point. Thankfully the seat was in mint condition so I did not have to do anything to it.

After I deconstructed the chair the next chore and the easiest was to paint the chair. Here is what the finish looked like. Very yellow and dated.

I dry brushed on a few different colors of chalk paint I had on hand to achieve a time worn finish. Very simple to do and only took about out 30 minutes.

Covering the seat of the chair took a bit longer, right at around three hours. Part of that was a learning curve from using my air compressor staple gun myself for the first time. Usually The Hubster is in charge of the gun. If you are going to be doing upholstery work on a regular basis I recommend investing in an air compressor with the nail gun and staple gun attachments. I first attempted to attach the fabric with my electric stapler and it was not strong enough. The staples refused to go in the wood. You can get a really great deal on one around Thanksgiving. I think we paid about $75 for ours a few years back when it was on special for Thanksgiving.

The back of the chair was the most challenging part for me.   This is where the pictures I took as I deconstructed the chair came in to major play. All in all I would say that this chair makeover took me about 10 hours. Hopefully now that I have completed this chair the next three will go by more quickly. 

The fabric I chose to use on the seat is Ballad Bouquet by Waverly. I dug it out from my stash of fabrics but I found that you can purchase it here. 

I am obsessed with Buffalo Check so of course I had to use some on the back of the chair. I purchased it from Ikea!

The trim I chose is a jute trim purchased from Hobby Lobby and hot glued on. 

I can not wait to show y'all how it looks in the kitchen! Off to sew a few curtain panels and then the kitchen will be ready for its photo shoot.

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The Living Room

I have been day dreaming of new furniture for our living room for several years now. If you notice I do not share many pictures of our living room very often. I just have not been able to pull things together in this space how I want them.

This pic is two years old. We purchased the couch and yellow chair from StoreHouse back when we built our first house 11 years ago. There is actually another chair we bought to go with it but it has since been retired to the boys play room. It has been a wonderful set but all have seen better days even two years ago. 

I am so glad that we had the foresight to go with a slip covered couch back then. Two cats, two boys, and a puppy later all of our furniture is tired/stained/holey. I honestly am embarrassed by how dirty they look no matter how much I try to clean them. I attempted to buy the Ektorp slip cover from Ikea last year for the couch but it was too small. I was lucky enough to find a ruffled slip cover from UglySofa.com for the yellow chair though. They had one for the couch too but honestly after all the trouble it was to keep the one on the chair I did not even bother with the one for the couch. They are pretty and the exact look I was wanting but I prefer fitted slip covers. The constant tucking is just not for me.

Last weekend while surfing the world wide web I came across this sofa by FlexSteel. I fell instantly in love with it but could not find anybody who sold it online to even see how much it cost. I took to my blog FaceBook page and sent out an SOS. Thankfully a sweet reader who works for a furniture store told me how much it went for at her shop. The gears in my head started turning even more thinking I could surely talk The Hubster into it. The next challenge though was not talking The Hubster into the sofa but to actually find it locally so we could sit on it and make sure it really was what we wanted.

While web surfing I found this indoor outdoor rug on O.co. I love using indoor outdoor rugs in our home. They are such easy upkeep and last forever with the high traffic of the boys and pets. 

Wanting a new couch led me to searching for a new coffee table as well!;) Our coffee table has seen better days too with scratches, missing screws, and gnawed off corners from one puppy. 

Then that led to finding fabrics for pillows even possible curtains. I love this print by Waverly!

It is called Spring Bling and comes in a vintage color scheme as well.

I am using the Ikea Alvine Spits fabric for valances in our breakfast room that I am currently working on so I figured I will try and work the sheers into the living room as well.

I have an entire bolt of this buffalo check fabric from Ikea. I am thinking  maybe curtains. Not sure though cause I am really loving the antiqued Waverly floral fabric.

If I forgo the floral Waverly fabric I could easily see this chair from PierOne in our living room! I adore it but do have reservations about how well it will hold up with the boys. The last Pier One chair I looked at had very thin fabric on it. I wish they had curtains in this print. I would buy those in a heart beat! 

I had fun making a few idea boards for the first time. I am so behind on the times when it comes to idea boards!;) I am really loving this board and am thinking maybe I can pull it off. I need to choose a new paint color for the living room too. Many things need to come together but with our 12 year anniversary coming up and some rainy day money I think some changes may be coming soon to our living room!;)

Before I go I wanted to thank Somerset Home// Stampington! 

They so graciously featured my frenchy ottoman that I made at "Make Your Own Ottoman Class" back in the spring at Metamorphosis Studios. It is a true honor to be a part of this beautiful issue! I highly suggest it as a must buy. 

Other wonderful bloggers like Jennifer Rizzo, Junk Chic Cottage, Buckets Of Burlap, and Cedar Hill Ranch are all in it as well!

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