Free Chair

I found this chair in the alley on the way to pick up the kids from school one day.  It was a total wreck.  It looked like a pack of rabid dogs had chewed on it and it was filthy.  But I loved the shape, so I loaded it in my car with my kids protesting that the police were going to arrest me for stealing.  I tried to assure them that it was in the alley because the owners had thrown it away, but they persisted that I would most certainly leave them motherless.

It sat in my garage for 18 months.  I'd like to say that this is because I was concerned about bedbugs, but honestly it sat there because I am the queen of procrastination.  After my husband threatened to put it back in the alley, I figured it was time to turn it into the beauty it was meant to be.  I don't have a true "before" because those pictures are on a computer that crashed.  But here's a "during":

And here is the after!

I love my new chair and my kids have forgiven me for my transgression of stealing from the alley.  The fabric was in the clearance racks for $7 a yard and I bought 3.  The paint was left over from the hope chest behind the chair.  The foam and batting was on sale at JoAnns, so I figure the project cost me about $35.