There’s this place in town that sells old furniture from major hotels. I know what you’re thinking, “Yikes. I’ll pass on the Motel 6 mattress, thanks.” But it’s actually pretty cool, a lot of the furniture comes from big hotels in Vegas after they remodel and such. Still, what looks like a cool chair in room #225 of the Bellagio might look like, well a hotel room chair when you get it home.
So, if you have a sturdy, semi-stylish chair on your hands, but would like to make it more you, take note of these two:
Better After reader Lauren bought these chairs on Craigslist in brand new condition. Obviously, that called for some distressing. A little paint and a drool-inducing fabric on the seat and now it’s WOW!
This chair probably used to get ignored at all the parties, but now it’s the belle of the ball with a splashy turquoise paint job paired with a orange damask seat. Definitely worthy of eye-catching status. From Better After reader Chelsie, a kindergarten teacher by day, intrepid dumpster-diving, chair-rescuing furniture transformer by night!
11 Comments
Kim @ Cheap Chic Home
January 13, 2011 at 1:54 AMThose chairs really don’t look too bad in their “before” state. Nice updating work.
Fru R.
January 13, 2011 at 10:56 AMHi
I love old chairs.
I have created a blog post about this.
Would you like to see:
http://fru-r.blogspot.com/2010/10/flotte-mbler-i-ny-drakt.html
These chairs are fantastic.
Hug from Mette (Fru R.) (Norway)
Ita
January 13, 2011 at 12:00 PMŚwietny blog , uwielbiam takie metamorfozy!
Pozdrowienia z Polski .
Ita.
Monica
January 13, 2011 at 1:03 PMI like both the before and the after of the first chair! But the second one? Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder!
Erin @ The Impatient Gardener
January 13, 2011 at 4:51 PMThese are the kinds of posts that are a special kind of torture for me. I love BOTH the afters. Seriously … why can’t I ever find chairs like this?
Maggie @ SweetwaterBaby
January 13, 2011 at 9:01 PMum yeah…so WHERE in town is this old-hotel-furniture store? 🙂
Anna See
January 13, 2011 at 11:05 PMWowza! That upholstery look professionally done. Impressive!
Lindsey @ Better After
January 14, 2011 at 8:53 PMThat would be IRCA and you can see more here:
http://www.ircahotelservices.com/Showrooms.html
You’ve probably heard of them at some point, I get their ads in the mail every other week.
Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails
January 14, 2011 at 8:45 PMBoth chairs look fabulous! I love the shape of them:)
Holly Austin
January 15, 2011 at 9:58 PMoh my goodness, I absolutely that last chair! Gorgeous!
msdeedz
May 16, 2012 at 5:22 PMI love both of these chairs! I am a big fan of re-making chairs. Here is a before and after photo of one that I did.
Love your Blog.. keep it coming!