i found a cute iron table and chairs set on craigslist for 80 bucks and thought "sold!"project time!! i forgot to take a before photo as i was just so excited to get going on my project.... but the cushions were old and ugly and faded. i bought outdoor fabric online - and without really knowing how much i needed for covering them, i actually guessed pretty darn well! and the fabrics actually coordinated surprisingly well! it's always hard to tell online the exact colors... but i really like how they coordinate and look together!
the first big project was actually shoving the whole set in my car. which i eventually accomplished. then the next big ordeal was hauling it up all five flights of stairs to the roof. not so easy, but i did it in many trips over a period of a few days. that iron stuff is heavy!! a few big deep bruises later, it was all up on my roof.
when my fabrics came, i realized i needed a staple gun. hmmm. didn't have one of those and didn't feel like going to get one right then... but i did wanna work on my project.... so i thought, wonder if a regular stapler will work?! ummm, the answer is no. so off to home depot to get a staple gun.
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| ok, so it doesn't quite look like an "after" shot yet ... but they don't sell spray paint in the city of Chicago.... so i have to go to the burbs which i haven't gotten around to yet. aaaaand, i need to haul the glass table top allllll the way up the stairs and i've sorta kinda been too lazy to do so. but! but! i have successfully re-covered all four of the chair cushions! |
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| while it is hard to see, and it's a rather dark photo - the moon (see that little white thing in the sky?!) looked stunning that evening and it was a lovely night temp wise too. i felt quite proud of myself! |
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holy crap. can't believe you carried everything up!!
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