"Sew" Pretty

So unfortunately I'm still blogging about inanimate objects like my newly recovered furniture instead of a very animated baby - who has NOT yet arrived on scene. Boo.

But the furniture is egg-citing enough for now. Last week I featured my newly covered knee chair. Today features my beautimous computer chair. Seems kind of silly that we have two seats meant for sitting in front of the computer, but still, they're pretty.

Here's the computer chair that we had. It was free from my mom's work. Well, she may have paid a nominal fee for it - like $20 or something. It's a super comfy chair, but man was it beat. Pilled red fabric, glue coming out of the seems, etc.

So with the help of my ruggedly strong and manly husband, I took the chair apart, piece by piece.

And there were a lot of pieces. Advice to all who venture down this route, please do something to remember which holes all the screws came from!

I then cut the fabric to match the old pieces, and stapled them over the top of the red.

The exception was the plastic back of the chair, which we had to use spray adhesive. I let my hubby do that part (since I'm still carrying the precious cargo). It worked really well though, and I think I'm ready for more (legal) adventures with spray adhesive soon. (Wouldn't want it to go to waste!)

So for the cost of the chair (free to me), $11 in upholstery fabric, and a can of spray adhesive, we have a new office chair. What do you think of the transformation?