Chairs...Fabric...What to do!!!...

Annette Tatum fabric - 100% cotton poplin

(I don't know about doing a chair in poplin...???)

Ideally...I need this is a denim or a twill...something heavier than poplin..

Serena and Lily Fabric - Flax Linen

(I really dig this...but maybe just a smidge lighter and greyer)

Serena and Lily Fabric - Spade Fog

(This is good to hide wear and spots...)

Or...

call me crazy...but, I dig the look of the pink STRIPED!!!!

Or something like this...

Kind of pale oatmealy...but, I might lean towards a blue / grey / oatmealy linen

or velvet...

VELVET???

What is wrong with me...? 

haha!

By the way...it would be to recover the chairs below!

This is what inspired me...

Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic...again ;)...

but...the more I look...

the more I JUST DON'T KNOW!!!!!!

These are all a little pricey...at around $50 a yard...

(compared to my white denim at $15 a yard!)...
which I could do slipcovers in...
YIKES!...
stay away from the white...
yes, I am obsessed ...
but, I would be a NUT again...
SOMEONE talk me out of the white...

Phew...
I am calm...
focus, Tara, focus...
Anyhoo...
I am entertaining options...!

ideas...


thoughts...


concerns...


comments...


Although, believe it or not...
I am really leaning towards the flax linen...
but, maybe in a slipcover...

To paint or not to paint...

So...I am almost finished redoing my cane back chairs I got off Craigslist for $20 A PIECE!!!

I have 800 yards
(seriously...I bought WAAAY to much)
Rachel Ashwell White Denim Fabric...

which actually...I could redo EVERYTHING in this fabric...

so it's totally fine that I over bought...

anyway...

I decided to recover these seats the other day...

I started taking them apart and the padding underneath was SOOO disgusting...

and completely falling apart...

So, I picked up some new foam...borrowed a staple gun from a fabulous girlfriend (thanks Chas!)

and am off to my new adventure!

Now...

do I keep them this color (the stained wood)...

or...

do I paint them white...

or...

glossy black...

Let me tell you first that I just purchased a rug...

yes...

I found an 8 x 10 rug for...wait for it...

 $200!!!!!

I almost fell over.

Anyway...

it is black and white...

well...

here is a pic from where I found it...

http://laybabylay.com/vivi-charles-nursery/

IT IS SOOO COOL!

This dresser she has in her daughters room is almost exactly the style buffet I have in my dining room...

but...it is white with a glossy black mirror.

I am really digging the Vintage...Modern...Glam...Earthy look...

yes, I know...

kind of alot of looks...

but, it's what I love. so. I will make it work!

Anyway...

thoughts?  suggestions?

wood, white, or black?

To Sit Or Not To Sit...

So...I FINALLY got both my chairs done!!!!

This has been a work in progress...

Got my Wing Back Chairs off Craigslist last Fall...

I ordered my BEAUTIFULand SOOO versatile...
Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic White Denim Fabric back in December...

took my chairs in (one at a time...) in March...and again in April...

& I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER!!!!

So...here is the inspiration picture...

Here are my Craigs List Chairs...{well...one of them anyway;}

Here is my chair ALL FINISHED!!!

What do you think?!!!!

{I only took a pic of the one...I actually have 2}!

YAY!!!! 

& Yes...people think that I am crazy...a black dog and a five year old little boy...

My beautiful sister in law refuses to even sit in them {hee hee}

& maybe I am crazy...

But...I do believe that you should LOVE your home...

So...I decided to do what I love...

Surround myself with beautiful things that make me happy...

& really...these chairs make me sooooooo happy...

that is until someone ruins it...grrrr....

then I definitely won't be happy...

but...that is my decision...and until then...

I *heart* you white denim chairs...

Now...my next project is to recover my (4) Cane (Cain) back dining room chairs

I got off Craigs List for $20 a piece!!!!!