Saturday, March 19, 2011

A Little Shabby But It Will Be Chic!

The Craig's List chair update is here, but first a quick recap.  I bought this chair on Craig's List last week for a whopping $20!  Here is the original post.
A great find I think.  But it needed a little slipcover love.  I quickly found that any good slipcover was going to cost me $40 to $75 which would quickly take my purchase from frugal to eek, what did I do!  So I set out to find another solution.  My solution was to buy the slipcover I wanted out of the clearance bin (virtual clearance bin I should say...I bought it at everyslipcover.com) for 19 buckaroos but it was merchandise that had been returned but "not majorly damaged".  Of course no returns but free shipping.  Count me in!  The slipcover arrived a couple days ago and guess what...perfect condition.  No damage at all!

So I pulled it out of the packaging and let it sit flat for a couple of days, which got some but not all of the wrinkles out.  And then I got to work putting it on the chair...

I even read the directions...so unlike me.  Step one lay it on the chair.  Done.  Step two start to line up the seams.

Step three (this is my favorite part) take a large kitchen spoon and use the handle to tuck in the pieces.  So that is what I did, tucked, tucked and tucked. 

So a work in progress.  More wrinkles then I would like and not tucked perfectly but I will keep working with it and get it there.  With the right pillows, an ottoman and a cozy throw this shabby Craig's List find will be my chic little reading spot in no time. 

Now you may be wondering why I took these pictures in such a boring location.  I do have a reason and it is all part of this big secret I am keeping from you.  Actually it is a big secret I am keeping from someone else, but by default that means I am also keeping it from you.  But it will all be revealed soon...patience dear friends...patience!