have a seat

remember my 30 Before 30 list? yeah well, spoiler alert, I didn't finish everything. we'll discuss that later. BUT, I did manage to check one thing off the list: trying my hand at reupholstering. and while I came nowhere to recovering a couch or even an ottoman...I did turn this super ugly chair into a cute little seat.

ew, I left the flash on to really bring out the fug in this three dollar thrift find. and what did I discover when I took it apart? it used to have a caned seat! oh the sadness. but hey, good call, whoever cut a semi-decent circle out of plywood and made a new seat for it. you made my job way easier.

I have a bag of fabric scraps and pieces of Thai silk, but I ended up using a large pillowcase that my cousin brought back from Afghanistan. it's one of a pair, so don't worry, I didn't cut it. I just folded it up underneath and stapled very carefully and sparingly.

AND SHAZAM! this is how it looks after a few coats of paint (it still needs another one). way better, hm?

yes, my bar is a little out of control, thanks to my birthday. and look, I got a staghorn fern from my mama! I might swap the print and the fern, we'll see...oh and you'll also notice two other friends on the bar...

this is the turtle that my new friend Eric gave me when I photographed his house for Space. look, he's smiling!

and I got this amazing, yet seriously bizarre, bottle opener as a birthday gift. I love it, but I know it will totally creep some people out. I have no idea what kind of paw/hand/arm it is, but it's probably endangered and/or illegal. thanks, Joel & Katrina!
soooo, yep. I turned an ugly $3 chair into a super cute suzani-seat. bring it, thirty.