Friday, April 27, 2012

Armchair 30 minute makeover


Materials: very old IKEA chairs, nonage on them, spray paint and 8 covered buttons

Description: Found these chairs at my local thrift shop.

Removed the pine colored legs and spray painted them Oil-rubbed bronze.

Covered 8 buttons with a sunburst material.

Drilled holes through the back.



Sewed on the covered buttons to make it a tufted back.

All in under 30 minutes!

See more of the armchair upgrade.

~ Kim Uccellini, Pittsburgh
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6 comments:

  1. Thanks Jules for the feature! i truly appreciate it!
    Kim@reposhture.blogspot.com

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  2. Great idea, great work!

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  4. I just picked up one of these chairs at Goodwill. I have removed the cover and am planning to dye it, but I never thought to paint the legs. The oil-rubbed bronze color looks fantastic. Thanks for the ideas.

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  5. they look great! I actually fell in love with the "before" version. what a pity that they don't sell them anymore! :(

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  6. Hello Kim,
    we like your post. It is unbelievable how a few simple touches can totally convert the appearance of things. What we did, you can see here: http://innwerk.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/pimp-your-ikea/
    Kind regards, INNwerk

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