But the thrifty gods were smiling on me, as two days later I spotted an ugly duckling for myself, in desperate need of some love. For just £2 I gleefully carried this home (well, to be accurate my unconvinced Mum carried it home for me as my arms were full with other
I struggle to bring any 'new' furniture into the house without having to first fully justify it's existence / purpose/ location to the Old Man first - we do have rather a lot of furniture.
But given that we have very tall wardrobes and I currently reach the top shelves by balancing precariously on the foot board of our bed, I had my answer ready! I haven't carried out a full-blown risk assessment of this current method of jumper retrieval, but lets just say there have been a few near-misses.
A stool makeover like this is lovely. There's no fiddly-faffy upholstery, just some straight-forward stapling. Given the size of the seat pad, you should be able to get away with a Fat Quarter of fabric to re-cover, which means your choice of design is pretty endless, and you can afford to splash out on a 'pricier' print.
Doesn't a mid-week makeover gladden the heart?
Paint: Craig & Rose 1829 chalky emulsion in 'Smalt'
Fabric: Echo by Lotta Jansdotter 'Ruta Indigo'
What do you think? An improvement no?
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ooh I have a couple of chairs to do up! I feel inspired seeing that! It looks fab x
ReplyDeleteThank lovely. It goes perfectly with our bedroom decor, and I'm much less likely to break my neck now too - always a bonus!
ReplyDeleteThat looks fab! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Hannah x
DeleteCouldn't agree more - it really does gladden the heart! :-) Love the shade of blue you've ued too :-)
ReplyDeleteJem xXx
Thanks Jem x
Deleteoooh that looks really smart :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Alison - certainly looks a whole lot better since I took that filthy vinyl off!
Deletefab! fab! fab! I LOVE IT !
ReplyDeleteI think we should be on commission from Craig and Rose xx
Lovely makeover. I've a coupla chairs hidden in the garage to do and I'm think that blue looks so fresh it might just have made my decision on colour!
ReplyDeleteKirsten x
Oh great, make sure you share :0)
DeleteIt looks fab x
ReplyDeleteThanks Susan x
DeleteThe fabric sounds like its from Pippy Longstocking's collection! Stool looks great.
ReplyDeleteMust be the Scandi vibe :0)
ReplyDeleteBrill makeover. Both you and Karen have inspired me to re-cover my old kitchen chairs. I take it Craig & Rose is good paint for this purpose yes?
ReplyDeleteAhh that's great! It's 1st time I've used it on Karen's recommendation, really like it though. Great coverage and good price x
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ReplyDeleteI love it, that blue is amazing. I am thinking of painting that shelf thing from last week's MM blue - this may have sealed the deal.
It's lovely - and has reminded me I have a piano stool currently languishing in the loft which I brought home for this very purpose...oh dear. Must actually complete my projects.
ReplyDeleteYou big copy cat! ;) Ah no, it's lovely - really like that fabric, and you've done a grand job x
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up - am woefully behind with everything everyone else has been up to! Will be up again tomorrow xxx
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