Arm Chair Makeover

This Arm Chair Makeover was quite the labor of love, y'all. I found out that reupholstering is not my jam (at least not a project that is this involved). But, I persevered and finished this arm chair with flying colors. This is also my Thrifty Style Team post this month...we have LOADS of thrifty ideas for you today. Check out my new arm chair and my friends' projects below.

I've actually dabbled a bit in reupholstery before. So when I spotted a matching set of these 1990s chairs at an estate sale recently, I thought I totally could handle them. The intricacies of these chairs kind of took me down (so. much. piping.). Originally, I had intended to recover both of these chairs for our living room area, but this project quickly turned into one arm chair makeover only. I'm going to be taking the other one to a reupholstery shop. But, I am excited to share this one with you below...in all its recovered glory (along with a before pic, too!).

And of course, it's Thrifty Style Team day, too! So, there are LOADS of projects at the bottom of the post for you to check out.

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Estate Sale Arm Chair Makeover

This arm chair. Man alive, y'all. What seemed like a somewhat simple project turned into a labor of love (or lack of sanity?). And while I'd love to say this is a tutorial of sorts...it's just not, y'all. I'm just sharing the outcome with you, today. Honestly, I don't feel completely qualified to share an actual tutorial to reupholster anything, at this point. But, I can tell you that this was definitely one of my favorite thrifty makeovers. Not only was the chair a thrifty find (at an estate sale on our own street), I grabbed the fabric a month prior at Goodwill for five bucks and a bit of change. It was twenty yards. I mean...come on. Thankfully, I still have plenty to take to my local upholstery shop. 

The Original 1990s Arm Chair

The above is where we started out. A bit worn and loved, but a great chair, nonetheless (minus all of the cat hair that now sits in the bottom of my shop vac...bleh). As you can see from the above photo, I did a more traditional pillow instead of the cushion-style pillow for the end result. I just preferred the look of the square pillow (plus it was way easier to adding piping to the edges).

I'm really happy with how it turned out. It's by no means perfect. But, it's definitely done. I added it to our family room corner for now...and I'm loving how it looks with our blue velvet sofa and all of the jewel tones going on in here.

This is what the other side of this room looks like.

And, here's a few of the details that I'm proud of on this arm chair makeover. I really am happy with the double piping trim. 

I did a single piping trim on the cushion and back pillow.

While I loathe working with piping, I do love how it looks. I used my Classic Envelope Pillow tutorial for this pillow with the trim addition that I shared in this tutorial for a pillow with pom pom fringe.

A little side-by-side of this arm chair makeover.

Be sure to check out all of my friends' Thrifty Style Team posts below! They always have the best ideas, y'all.

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