Remember our bergere chair that I found on Craigslist for $20 and reupholstered with curtains?
Well, like everything else in our apartment, I felt like it was time for a change. When we were packing up our apartment during our move I laid this left over fabric from a skirt I made last year onto the chair and had an epiphany.
I loved the way it looked next to our new paint and lace curtains. This fabric isn’t something you would normally upholster with. It’s a silky semi-strechy apparel fabric, but who cares? This chair is rarely used and more for decorative purposes so I don’t care. It’s cute!
I ripped the old fabric and upholstered it just like I did here. Instead of nailheads I decided to finish it with double welt cording. I took these really crappy iPhone pics for you:






Now it looks like this!

Keep up the amazing work!
It looks Great!!!
I love seeing how people are thrifty, and this is fabulously thrifty, if I might say. =D
Thanks Yvonne!
Wow. So talented!
Thank you!
Wow this looks amazing! Fret fabric, so bright and fresh. I could definitely see myself sitting here with a nice cuppa reading the Sunday paper…
I don’t like this at all …. I am MADLY IN LOVE with it!!! I adore the fabric you chose for it … as well as the double welting …. Just makes to so much more splendid!! Congratulations … magnificent!! 🙂
Thank you for the kind words, Wendy!
I spent many months researching different companies that sell a french style upholstered bed. I finally made the decision to go ahead and buy the Chelsea upholstered bed. Extremely pleased with my decision. Below is a link to the product page. Good-luck with your upholstered bed shopping.
What a fabulous post!! Very interesting.