The steps below follow the order of the work for this workshop project.
Refinished Rolling Office Chair party highlight by Fresh Cut Flours
As you read this I will most likely be busy working on some “Boss’s Day” cookie bouquets. I decided it would be a good time to have you look at my latest ABC Project (Anything but Cookies, for those that don’t know).
On my last “junkin” trip with my daughter Melissa, I spotted this beauty:
Whatcha think? It was a little worse for wear, but I could see it’s potential…in fact, I could see it sitting in front of my sewing machine! I checked the price.
A real “thrifter” probably would have thought it was too much, but I liked it and thought it was totally worth the $14.99! So I loaded up my little Cookie Monster (Taylor) on the chair and wheeled her around for the remainder of the Goodwill shopping trip (it was a sight to see, wish I would have thought to have Melissa take a pic!
So we go to look at, the man kindly asked me if I was a “senior”…now, a few years ago, or even six months ago, this would have really
pissed
me off made me mad, but the cold hard facts are, I will be just that in about 7 months, so I better start getting used to it! I laughed and KINDLY said no…he proceeded the checkout, looked at the price tag on the chair and said that because it was 1/2 off all “Week 37” tags, my chair was only $7.50. Whoo hoo, an even better deal! I could have kissed the guy!
So, I took my little treasure home and had it disassembled within an hour. Gave it a good wash, and headed to Hobby Lobby for some new fabric. I added a little extra batting to the seat to soften it up a little. I spray painted the chair black like most of the other pieces of furniture in my craft room (the sewing machine cabinet was my Mom’s so I am not making any changes to that). I thought about buying new caster rollers, but I could not find the same size so I just painted them as well. Put it back together and VOILA!
Anyhoo, here is how it looks sitting in my little sewing corner.
Not bad for a total investment of about $16.00!
