IKEA hacker

Now that the girls are getting away from some of the college-type decorating and moving on to more sophisticated purchases, I'm left with (and getting back) a fair number of IKEA items.  So I grabbed an old chair--thrifted, not IKEA-- did the paint thing, and covered it with some fabric that I had in my collection.  Because of course you know, she who dies with the most fabric wins.  And I'm a real contender.

New padding, a fresh pillow, and this chair's future looks bright.

The go-to MCM chair

You see these iconic mid-century modern chairs fairly often and in varying states of disrepair.

What's great about them is that they're almost always repairable and lend themselves to re-upholstery very well.  This one did not look anything like this when I brought it home.

Husband:  Oh, man, are you kidding???

Me: Really, it's going to be great!

Husband:  How 'bout we just throw this one out?

Me: No, really, it's going to be great!

I love it when I'm right...