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French-Canadian Chair Makeover
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Heathered Nest
(IC: blogger)
2 Materials
My husband's family hails from the U.P....that's upper peninsula of Michigan. And much of his family roots are French-Canadian. I, myself, am a mutt. I'm kinda from nowhere, and everywhere, but since I married into a family with a very French-sounding name, I claim I am French...because everyone knows French is fancy. And I like fancy. For instance...
Take this chair. I bought two of them at auction for $16 each.
She's Canadian.
I love it. And it just so happens that I had purchased a TON of this already when I found out that Sarah had used it, so of course, I feel that we have a certain connection. Yes, I do understand the definition of "delusional". Moving on...
I piped the flowery fabric and used that to trim the skirt to add another hint of color into the mix.
Flirty, feminine & far from perfect...just what I was hoping for. This job was hard, and time consuming for a novice like me. But now it's done...
To celebrate, I'm going to go invite my friend Sarah over to lounge on these chairs while we enjoy perhaps a nice French croissant with a side of, I don't know...Canadian bacon?
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Suggested materials:
- Floral fabric (http://amzn.to/1MIzqH4)
- Canvas drop cloth (http://amzn.to/1ZSwCJA)
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
Published October 9th, 2014 9:46 AM
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Betsy Lacallade on Sep 24, 2015In east Texas and Lousiana and probably other parts of the hard south, there is a style of furniture called " East Lake". I had at one time a few pieces. A rocker and so on. They looked much like this. The carving was rather deep and straight lined as opposed to round gracious curves. Please check this out. It may be more valuable than you thought. Even more worth you blood, sweat and tears. Beautiful job. Love this stuff.
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Robin Tucker on Oct 11, 2015I have the EXACT same two chairs--they belonged to my mother and are upholstered in velvet. I am planning to redo them in leopard.
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