The ugly orange chair

1. I've been wanting to try reupholstering something for a while now -- when I moved into my new apartment, I was trying to find cheap, creative ways to decorate, and stumbled across Design*Sponge, which has heaps of really fun before&after's of chairs and other furniture. All I needed was a chair....

2. I work part time. Which sucks. I love my job (reporter for The Forecaster), but it leaves me with lots free time. But also an awkward schedule for finding job #2. I was in need of a project.

3. In Minnesota with the fam for Christmas, I started scouring Craigslist Maine and New Hampshire for free or very cheap furniture. I emailed a bunch of people with redeemable chairs and couches, and finally got an email that wasn't an 'already-taken.' Ugly orange chair. Portsmouth, NH. Somehow convinced Andrew and his Subaru to go for a ride... (in exchange for the round trip from Portland to Portsmouth, which included getting lost at least twice, he got pizza and beer at Gaslight, which came highly recommended from Lori and her NH friends. I think he was happy.


Voila- Sarah has a chair --------->


Then I found an awesome fabric store online that sells CHEAP upholstery fabric, they had a few green+white prints that I really liked, I went with Braemore's 'Shadow Branches.'





Bought pewter-finish tacks on eBay, a staple gun from Target.... And I'm ready to go!