I found these great wingback chairs at a thrift store for $35 each. They were actually in really good shape and were very clean. The upholstery was a very lightweight robins egg blue silk. Silk is pretty impractical in my house. I had them for almost a year before this happenedOne of the kids dropped a glass bottle of black nail polish on the tile right next to the chairs. It shattered and splattered black nail polish all over one of them.
I've always had a thing for mens suiting material. I love old suit coat fabrics of all kinds, pinstripes, plaids, houndstooth and just about everything else. I was really excited when I found this houndstooth at Home Fabrics on sale for $5 a yard. I wanted to find something that would go well in my living room as well as my bedroom so I could use the chairs in either room. I ended up buying 20 yards so I would have enough to match the pattern and also for throw pillows if I decided to make some. I figured I'd need around 8 yards for each chair. I've made slipcovers before and have upholstered several simple projects but these was the first big project I've done. You'll have to excuse the terrible photos. I took them as I deconstructed the chair so I would know how to put it back together. I didn't plan on starting a blog.
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