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Estate Sale Treasures Lead to a DIY

by | Nov 9, 2015 | DIY, Life | 1 comment

This will come as a shock to no one.

We went to two Estate Sales this weekend. Two amazing estates south of the metro.

The first house was a downsize from 4000+ square feet to a condo. The second house was….I don’t really know what the second owner was doing except selling a lot of big furniture. 🙂

Wade always heads straight to the garage to find his treasures while I tour the house. For me, the best part of Estate Sale is the house. I love house tours and then while touring, shop.

At the first sale we bought white beach chairs that still had the tags on them from Target. The tags said $21.00 each and we bought two for $16.00.  62% off, not bad.

At the second sale, a black granite topped hickory table had tipped over and chipped the granite top. So the owner removed the granite and sold the hickory table base. There were a bunch of busted granite pieces in the garage and I grabbed this piece for $1.00. This snowman needed something to stand on. 🙂 It’s the little things that make all the difference.

Wade bought a carpet cleaner for $10.00. Booooring. 🙂

Back to me…..In the sitting area, this snowman sits on top of the card catalog which sits beside the mate to the chair I recovered. The Pocahontas slip cover epic fail chair. I decided that the chair in the sitting area needed a stool. But, the stool I wanted to put there needed different fabric.

Plus the fact that I needed to boost my upholstering ego and make something awesome.  😉

First I collected my tools: Scissors, Staples, staples gun, Phillips screwdriver, regular screwdriver and pliers.

Then I flipped over the stool and removed the base from the top.

After this it was a matter of removing the staples from the fabric. I carefully popped up each staple and then pulled them out with the pliers. That left me with the original fabric to use as my pattern for the new fabric. I simply laid the old fabric on top of the new and cut.

Now everything is done in reverse. Replace the fabric, wrapping the edges from top to bottom and place a couple of staples to hold it on.  Make sure the pattern is centered on the front of the stool and then staple on the black upholstery mesh to the back.

Put the base back on and WAHLA!! Moroccan rope fabric cover complete.

Before and After:

Neutral, calm and relaxing.

Have a great Monday, see you Wednesday,

Wendy