Remember waaay back in August when I purchased a chair at a garage sale for the purpose of recovering it? (No? Go Here) Well today I finally finished it!

Here’s the ugly little thing (remember it is Hailey sized) next to the new beautiful thing!

It was actually really easy. As soon as I posted that post in August I went about taking the old gross fabric off. That took me one night and one day.  Then the chair sat in the office for 2 months until yesterday, when I started recovering it. Lauren and I took a trip to fabricland last month to find the most perfect fabric for the chair, which I would know when I saw.  I felt let down at first and couldn’t find anything that I liked, but then some deep searching came up with this pretty green paisley pattern. Are you at all surprised that it’s green? It’s pretty heavy duty fabric, almost like outdoor furniture fabric.

I had it almost done and was attaching the arms when I realized that I needed access to the back, that I had already covered. So I pried those staples out, attached the arms and re-paneled the back. I think if I were getting more fancy there is a way cover the staples at the back. But I’m not that fancy, and this was my first try.  Also if you ever see it in person, don’t look under it, it’s certainly not that pretty underneath!

So there you go. A old-new recovered chair for Hailey’s room.

(did photo just blow your mind? I never showed anything with the chair to show the size of it, so you probably pictured it as a large chair!)

EDIT: Laura gave me the idea to do a cost breakdown:
Chair- $2
Fabric- $14.50 (I got it for $7.33/meter originally $22.00/meter and there is lots left)
Staples/Staple Gun- Free borrowed from mom
Paint for legs- Free found in basement
Total cost of the chair: $16.50

The house is slowly coming together, emphasis on the slow.

We have one room finished so far, and lots more to go. My father-in-law nicely painted Hailey’s nursery for us when we moved in. Hailey never even used the nursery at our old house and I loved the design, so we kept it the same. Same paint, same furnishings, same baby.  Only now she actually uses it! And as of yesterday she is now UNSWADDLED! I am so happy about that. Now it’s even cuter to see her sleeping, arms flung out both ways and legs just totally relaxed.

{Before}

{View from door}

{crib and bookcases}

{dresser and chair where I take her monthly photos}

{closet and door – I should have taken a photo of inside her closet, she has more clothes then I do}

So there’s one room for you. I really hope to paint more rooms soon and get the house infused with more ‘Katelyn’ style. I bought fabric for Hailey’s little chair and I’ll finish it this week and post photos. It’s going to be adorable!

I’ve been so inspired by the many do-it-yourself blogs that I read lately (you can find a lot of them in my links section) and I’ve been doing a little do-it-yourselfing of my own lately. My most recent makeover was this old, ugly, fake wood bookcase that miraculously made the move all the way to Toronto with us last year:

After some sanding and a couple coats of paint it’s now a whole new woman:

The cost of this project was just some sandpaper and paint that I already owned. Not too shabby!

When I saw the post on How About Orange with directions on how to make a fabric panel wall hanging I know I’d have to try it.. In fact I just finished my 2nd one! It’s such a cheap and EASY way to add some colour or art to your home!

This is the first one I made for my house. On How About Orange, Jessica used art frames to stretch canvas, I couldn’t find any, anywhere. So I enlisted the assistance of my helpful husband and we made the frames ourselves out of wood we bought at home depot (LOVE that place, it deserves another post of it’s own).

That’s was taken at my parents house, before I hung it at home obviously.

And the 2nd one I just finished for Micaela and Kent’s house. She hasn’t even seen it yet! Here it is hung up on my wall at home.

These were so easy and quick to make. I would highly suggest it, if you are looking for a cheap art project!