motorharp | Armchair upholstery

I "inherited" a chair in college. It showed up at some point in the house I lived in, and I took it with me when I left. It might have been a pinkish brocade at that point. I assumed it was from the 50s or 60s.

My sister and I reupholstered it sometime in the late 90s and it turned into this:

Channel-backed chair with striped upholstery

Even though I swore I would do no more upholstery after my couch, I decided this was too dark and made the room look smaller. And I didn't like the way the channels had turned out. And I never really sat in it because the arms weren't padded enough and hurt my elbows. And the colors weren't ones I liked anymore and they didn't match my couch either. Et cetera, et cetera.

I shopped for fabric with light green in mind. I found Regal Fabrics Zen Flax in Fabric Depot. Despite the color being flax, the background was a light, dusty, blue-green - exactly what I was looking for! And it was Asian-influenced, which kicked off another idea: I could paint the wood arms and legs of the chair a shiny black.

Later that day...