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I bought a set of four matching oak chairs from a second-hand store last summer, and last week I finally got around to recovering them. It was a pretty quick and easy job, I'm not sure why I put it off for so long. The fabric is a cotton canvas that I found in the curtain-making section of Spotlight.

I should have taken a picture of these chairs before I recovered them- they were previously clad in some dark brown, printed velvet which, while being great for life with children as previously discussed (mine like to kneel, stand on, and build huts with them), they were pretty old and dated. I like how they seem lighter and less imposing in the modern fabric.

After lots of rain, the sun is shining so brightly here- making all the wet plants in the garden sparkle. It's time for a walk to the park I think. 

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21 responses to “wood plus cotton”

  1. Denise | Chez Danisse Avatar

    I have 6 antique chairs I’ve been putting off forever. I just keep thinking the recovering will be complicated. Your chair looks great!

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  2. Margaret Oomen Avatar

    super chair redo
    and please enjoy your walk to the park

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  3. Karina Avatar

    I really like how you have used that fabric for chairs. I have bought that same fabric from spotlight the other day but to make myself a little shoulder bag, like the one from your tutorial.
    Sunny here too, a walk sounds good.

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  4. Abby Avatar

    I love your choice of fabric! They look perfect Melissa. Do you know the name of the fabric designer, or anything that might indicate how to find it? (I really like it!)

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  5. tinyhappy Avatar

    hey abby, thank you! i couldnt find the name or anything on the selvedge. but if you like i could send you some? 

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  6. Hanna Avatar

    these look great! It’s just started raining here, again, time for a cuppa I think 🙂

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  7. Ingrid Avatar

    The fabric for the chairs is very nice! You made those chairs happy again!

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  8. louana Avatar

    I love that fabric, very cool. I think it should wear well with “child wear”. I’ve got a chair to do too, maybe I should stop putting it off

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  9. Jodz Avatar

    The chair looks fab.

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  10. Rattling On Avatar

    I covered some old kitchen chairs with oilcloth fabric. It’s really great and hardwearing, and you don’t have to worry about it! I also put off things that turn out to be really quick jobs…

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  11. Jacilyn Avatar

    oh, they turned out great. Love that fabric.

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  12. Nicola@Which Name? Avatar

    I love the chairs and the fabric. Perfect combination.
    Nicola

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  13. tinyhappy Avatar

    thank you, nicola!

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  14. Jo Avatar

    The chairs look fantastic! I actually saw that fabric in Spotlight the other day and recognised it from a project you’d used it on recently. I thought about getting some and hemming it as a tablecloth, but decided it might be too much of the same print – but on the scale of you chairs it’s perfect!

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  15. Alice Avatar
    Alice

    The chair looks fabulous in that fabric.

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  16. Lori Avatar

    beautiful job! and i love that fabric!

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  17. Stacey Avatar

    Nice chairs and groovy fabric.

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  18. Littleminx.wordpress.com Avatar

    what a lovely choice, they look great

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  19. Amy Seven-Stitches Avatar

    What an eye you have. I never find anything that cool at spotlight. Well done you!!

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  20. rachelle Avatar

    ditto!!! did u pay much for your chairs? i never see them or if i do, only one at a time. they are usually wobbly too. i love old wooden furniture melissa. mind you, u make everything look pretty darn cool. x

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  21. Kat Avatar

    I love the chairs, M!

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