Black and Blue

Wow. I am so thrilled about these chairs. I mean really. Holy cow. These are just so fun!

So here's how it goes:

 

Buy two ugly chairs. One with the back caning missing. Yeah. That's pleather. Totally convenient in the 60's. Totally. And it's fantastic with kids...I should have kept it.

Cover chair seats and paint chair slate blue (just like that credenza). Oh, then scuff it up so that when it gets scuffed up while you are working with it, it will be like it was supposed to be that way.

 

I'm afraid people are going to some day find out that I really have NO IDEA what I am actually doing.

I had to think of what to do with the middle section. So I cut out some left over foam core.

  

Then stapled the back piece up. And put the foam core in. Make sure that you use a bazillion staples that don't actually go in to the chair. Cause see, it's not one of my projects without some mama llama drama.

Here's the glorious back.

 

That's the extra. You cut it as close as you can and then shove it into the groove of the back where the caning was attached. And when I say shove, I actually mean gently push it in with a q-tip. Or a scissors or a pliers, or a spatula...whatev.

Then glue the black cord to the back to cover up as many staples as you can. Seriously, I need a stapler that can get into the tiny grooves.

  

  

Seriously. These are so stinkin' cute. Glorious.

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