DIY

.......or as my hubby called me, Handy Mommy. So I have this furniture in Ty's room which I've had for quite a few years now. My mom got it from a friend of the family that was their childhood furniture. It is faded yellow and white, kinda girly, but hey, it's good furniture and it works great. I looked into having it refinished to match Ty's crib/bed, but never had it done. And with looking at these crafty and DIY and refurbishing blogs, I decided to tackle it myself!! I started with the chair, here's a before (note the lovely artwork on the wall, designed by Ty)

CHEEEEEZE MOMMY!
I took the seat off the chair and used the original fabric as a pattern.

i pieced together some fabric (shoulda took a before pic)
got a chair pad, some batting...
lined it all back up with the original wood piece and stapled it all up
Ta-da!
I spray painted the chair 'celery' and tried not to send us all to the hospital for inhilation...

i did end up re-stapling it after some suggestion from my mom, but here is the finished product!

I am pretty proud of myself for my first little project. Of course there are some things i would change, but i still think it's pretty good...