Daddy had an old 70s chairs in his office. When we cleared it out after he passed away I knew I could transform it into a present day jewel.
When I Googled “70s office furniture” to see if I could find a similar pic of my chair, I found this funny image…seriously, how did she get any work done? Check out her get up. She only has one office supply on her desk — is that a stapler? And what is she looking at? Is that Carol Brady?
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This is my chair before he went to Alfonzo the hot upholster guy. He has asked me many times “where do you find this stuff I recover?” Velour floral fabric with a fun pocket on the back. I am sure that in its glory days, there were a slew of them in a
conference room with the day’s agenda tucked inside the back pocket. I
imagine the focus of the meeting was probably how they could get the
secretaries to be more productive at their desks, while still wearing hot pants.
I found some awesome lime green hounds tooth fabric at Hobby Lobby — 3 yards for a grand total of $6.31!
And, here’s my new blogging chair…
With a cute owl pillow from HomeGoods
And no back pocket.
I may spray paint the legs (probably should have done that prior to the new upholstery). But for now, many a fine idea will be taken for a spin in my new bow-chick-a-wow-wow chair.
Hospitality is in my DNA. I founded Home with a Twist, a daughter’s twist on her mother’s traditions, in memory of my mother to celebrate her life and the gifts she shared with me. Mother loved to celebrate life’s occasions – big and small.
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