Chairs with easily removable seats and backs make for DIY-friendly upholstery projects.
I was immediately drawn to these small-scale, circular chairs when I saw them propped up high at a local reuse centre.
A chair with these proportions is multi-functional. It could serve as additional seating in a living room that’s short on space, sit pretty in an entry as a place to sit while putting on your shoes, or go girly-glam as a stool to accompany a dressing table, like the one we discussed last week.
When choosing upholstery fabric for a piece that could serve so many functions throughout your home, it’s best to choose something that could work in more than one room.
I’m big on rearranging furniture on a regular basis. Moving things from room to room keeps your home feeling fresh.
My favorite solution for a piece like this is to keep the palette simple with classic black & white. This doesn’t have to be boring… Anything but, in fact.
The interest comes in choosing something that’s loaded with graphic pattern.
I’ve got oodles of graphic black & white prints that could do the job perfectly in my Spoonflower favorites list.
Playing off of the circular shape of the seat and choosing a fabric with strong geometric lines, like Metro by Heather Dutton, would add tension and excitement to the overall look.
What piece of furniture could you move into a different room today in order to freshen up your home? Tell me in the comments!
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buy them, paint them a silver, or a hammered dark silver/putter and cover them with something fun!! some really great patterned fabric!! good find!
I just bought a chair with an easily removable seat…which is a bonus since upholstery isn’t my strongest skill!
I always love reading your posts about thrift store furniture. I would love to see some with before and afters of actual makovers too.
Thanks Chantelle!
I actually post all of my before & after projects on my Flickr page, right here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/modpiecesfurniture/
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