~lazy girl's settee rehab~

hello friends!

It did not rain today!!!

yippee!!

and the forecast is for 65-75 over the next 3-4 days!

let me tell ya'....I'm thrilled!

well you all know about my craigslist addiction....

right?

here's my latest find.....all redone....

of course this is not how I found her....

not that lucky at the price I paid....

this is how she looked prior to her makeover...

ewwwwww.....sorry to do that to ya....

she was all nasty dark brown & gold...

mmmmmm~ gotta love that era....

so, I was perusing CL as usual

and my eyes locked on "settee 2 for $75"

whaaaaaaat?

of course, I click on it & immediately realize

this could be good.....

and respond to the ad as fast as humanly possible...

send an email w/ the pic to my friend

Kim at White Whispers 2 U

and ask her if she wants one....

she couldn't believe the price...

yippee....

so we meet the next day & snatch them both...

~love it when the stars align like that! ;)

it wasn't too bad recovering her~

I mostly cheated on the whole process....

meaning.....took short cuts all over the place...

like spray painting it inside my studio (aka bonus room upstairs) because I am too impatient & lazy & cold to take it to the garage

with the fabric still on (it's getting covered so who cares right?)

.....ok, at least I shut the door and opened the windows....after I was done & realized there was a cloud lingering in the room that really wasn't going away.....

ya see....I can do these spastic things when Mr. T & T is at work & unable to keep me reeled in......;)

so I primed it w/ spray can primer....

after it dried 15 minutes 24 hours like the can says...

I started ripping the trim off....

then just dug right in...

you have to kind of figure out how things are made....to see how to put it back together...

in this case the back was on a piece of cardboard....(ok....?)

and the covered buttons were kinda like brads...easy enough I say...

a very bad picture...but can you see the back of the covered buttons there? kinda like brads right?

well, I just took them all out & recovered them w/

my fabric....

using the most technologically advanced means...

um.... that would mean using the hot glue gun.....

can you see the 3 sitting there?

I just dabbed a little glob of hot glue on the buttons &

covered them w/ little circles of fabric

then I used the above knife to stab thru the

fabric where the old buttons were...

and reattached them....like so....

then I just stretched the fabric around to the back

of the cardboard  hot glued it into place...

 I then did basically the same thing w/ the seat...

but decided just to go over it instead of doing

the tufting because.....

I could not figure out how to remove the cushion for the life of me....really liked the way that looks better ;}

then I made up some piping real quick & attached it to the back

I decided to add a little vintage lace trim to the front because I didn't want to figure out a nice way to attach the piping using the messy hot glue again as a nice change from piping

so what do ya think?

now for the big question.....

use it in our bedroom where the fabulous pale pink bench used to be????

see...

or this....

I'm thinking the settee.....

but I always like to hear your thoughts....

then of course I would have to find a new home for my beloved ballet slipper pink bench....

have a wonderful holiday weekend friends!

xo,

Shellagh

 

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