It’s Friday. Let me tell you a story about some chairs. One day, not long ago, I was searching so hard for four cute office chairs for Joy’s studio. This is actually kinda a hard task. Sure, there are some out there but the really awesome and comfortable ones (upholstered) are really expensive. We needed some chairs to be: A. on castors, B. all work together (but not necessarily match), C. be upholstered D. be awesome, and E. NOT be $600 a piece. That is a long list of demands, my friends.But then one day, at Sunbeam Vintage, I found four of these: They came from one of my favorite vintage stores for, I believe, $80 a piece. They had a simple graphic shape, looked comfortable, modern, were on wheels, and generally checked off all the boxes we needed them to. Joy approved, I bought.But obviously ‘as is’ was BORING and well, full of someone else’s butt hair for all we knew. So they needed to get stripped and re-cushioned/recovered. As I started thinking about what to recover them in I weighed my options:1.
They can all be the same — either a solid or a pattern. This would keep it consistent and graphic. Can’t go wrong, but could I go more right?2. They could be four different colors or four different tones of the same color. It would look customized but still simple and graphic.3. OR, now hold your horses, they could be eight different coordinating fabrics — two on each chair — as only a crazy person would do. You heard me, cowboy. Since the back and the fronts had clear seams/divisions it seemed like a good opportunity to do something really fun, playful, and yes, full of JOY. I wanted them to have some consistency so we figured we’d do all the backs in a cute pattern and all the seats in a solid. So I went shopping and started playing around with the combo: We wanted the colors to obviously work with the rest of the space, so we knew that in general it was going to feel bright, happy with big pops of color in the blue/aqua/teal/pink/green world. Then we made sure to incorporate some of the more ‘for sure colors’ (like the green of the sofa) into the chairs so the two spaces ‘speak to each other’ so to speak.
Some of these are upholstery weight and some of them are fashion weight, which won’t last 15 years, but the colors were just so much better. We only needed one yard of everything and most were around $20/yard = $160.We made some decisions, then taped them to the chair, in order, on the front and the back – like so: Then we were ready to rock and roll. Two weeks later and $80 per chair later in labor($320 total) I went to check on my babies at my upholsterers: It’s like a little army of happiness, marching to war … or at least a mimosa-filled brunch. They are kinda perfect for the office part of the studio. Since the desks are so simple and modern they can handle the kind of crazy pop and pattern of the chairs.Resources (left to right): CB2 shelving unit; vintage chairs from Sunbeam Vintage with custom upholstery; Conran for JCP desk lamps; striped waste baskets by Far & Wide Collective; and desk storage container by Kate Spade Saturday. There you have it, four pretty adorable customized vintage chairs.
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