updated an older chair

It seems to be happening to a lot of things in our house, playing musical chairs with furniture and accessories! I guess quarantine is giving a desire to change  without the access to anything.... And it happened again with this chair, with a little makeover added!

I went with a more simplified look!  A few years ago, I redid the master bedroom during the ORC, and makeover this little corner:

I reupholstered the wooden chair with a nice blue fabric, much better than the original ivory fabric. (there were 2 identical chairs, one in the bedroom, one in the living room) All was good, until I repainted the library blue, and updated the curtains there....

The other chair was just next to the window, and it was looking just average.....

but switching to the blue chair was just right!

So of course I decided to redo the other chair,

I had just enough blue fabric to recover the base and back.

After removing all the previous fabric

and the hundreds of staples,

I realized the "skeleton" was looking a little rough:

So I decided to paint it white.

I started with some primer, and then some white paint,

using the paint I had one hand,

like I did when I painted the island blue.

Well it did not turn out as good,

as my white paint was too old!

So I did not finish painting the chair,

I will get more paint in a few months and repaint it again after sanding it....

But I was able to recover the base of the chair,

just like I did for the original chair.

Because the chair still needs to be repainted, I did not staple the back,

but I decided to start using it right away:

I added a pillow (made a few years ago!) to cover the back,

making pretty and functional.

I also removed the valence I made during the first makeover of this corner,

as it doesn't match the curtains anymore.

I have since changed to white curtains.

I set it up all pretty,

but on a daily basis,

it looks more like this:

As Bosco loves to look of the window!

Happy day!

 

painting the living room library

It is amazing how a quart of paint can change a room!

So much more modern!
A few year ago, through the One Room Challenge  I updated our living room, and it was quite good:

with new paint, new curtains and  some updates to our library.

But lately I found it was a little blend, I started seeing dark colors back in style,

like this from Craftberry Bush and I grew more and more tired of the white library.
So I decided to paint it blue. It took a while to find the right blue:

(Lou is not a dog who likes to get her picture taken!)
Once I was happy with my blue, I started painting the library

unsure if I wanted it all blue or just the bottom. Stopping there allowed me to live with it  and decide that it was the right stopping point.
We have so many books, we barely see the color of the back.

We also decided to cut out cable, so one less black box  and more space for books. I also added a extra shelf in the 2 large cubbies making spaces for smaller books, and a proper place for the dictionary. I was concerned that I might not be able to find the same molding that was used to build this library  since it was done at least 10 years ago, (before we bought the house) but it is in stock at the Home Depot, so quite an easy project.

Mon Cheri thinks we should organize books by authors, but I like them disorganized, with French and English mixed, modern and classics willy nilly, serious literature with YA novels next to each other!
To complete this wall, I sewed two more panels for the small side window, while it is small and does not require as much fabric, it does take the same amount of time to sew them! But once again, such a great change, it makes me wonder why I stopped at that window, actually I know, I was tired of making curtains!

(dog pillow here)
Happy day!