Straight off the set of a ’70s sitcom, this chair and it’s grungy fabric had clearly seen lots of Good Times and Happy Days. But if Dena wanted to keep it All In The Family, that crusty velvet had to go. (I would insert a joke about M*A*S*H here, but I never actually watched that show. That theme song has to be the most depressing sound in human history. I can’t lunge for the mute button fast enough). (Ok, I just googled it and learned that the name of the song is – no joke – Suicide Is Painless. Does it really say that in the song somewhere? I wouldn’t know. I’ve never made it past the first eight notes).
AAAAAnyway, the point is, this cute little cube chair deserved better. Dena took it back to its funkadelic roots with a fabulous floral, and you should check out her blog Hearts and Sharts to see it in its heyday on The Jefferson’s!
And a rear view:
26 Comments
Bee
May 22, 2014 at 7:20 AMJust saw your post on Fb and had to switch over to comment on this. (Love reupholstery projects!) I am tempted to say that the after chair is not even the same one as the before chair–they look so different. Love the update.
Deb
May 22, 2014 at 7:30 AMGreat chair! Yes – the song really does say “Suicide is Painless” – that’s the chorus. Very depressing song, for sure. In the Movie “MASH” the theme song has words and is sung.
colleen
May 22, 2014 at 7:39 AMwow the chair is amazing who knew it could be saved, my style is not so modern but i really like this 😉
Suzan
May 22, 2014 at 7:50 AMAnd I, who see possibility in everything, did not see this coming – what a beautiful transformation !!!
woollab
May 22, 2014 at 8:33 AMamazing transformation! love fabric choice.
Mo
May 22, 2014 at 8:49 AMYou crack me up!
You are my morning dose of “endorfins”!!!!
Usually have to wipe the screen to actually see the betterafter!
Thx muchly
Lindsey @ Better After
May 22, 2014 at 7:29 PMAwww, thanks Mo! 🙂
Jake's a Girl
May 22, 2014 at 9:44 AMHahaha! I love Mash…the show. The song…not so much.
That chair is amazing!
lor
May 22, 2014 at 11:27 AMYou always crack me up – and inspire me! Gorgeous chair.
And yes, I played that song on the piano as a teenager (yep, fun kid I was), and some of the lyrics are, “I realize and now can see – that suicide is painless. It brings on many changes, and I can take or leave it if I please.” That’s not even the most depressing part. Bizarre.
Andrea
May 22, 2014 at 12:11 PMOk that is the worst name of a blog I have ever seen. I had to go the site because I thought it must have been a joke. It’s actually a nice site.
beck campbell
May 22, 2014 at 12:27 PMAwesome update…funny thing about MASH…the show lasted longer than the actual war. And yes, those are the words in the song.
Kim from Milwaukee
May 22, 2014 at 12:28 PMThanks Lindsey, now I’ve got the depressing suicide song playing in my head…and I have to put my cat down on Saturday….think I’ll kill myself…J/K!!!! That chair cheered me right up! I want it badly!
Laurie V
May 22, 2014 at 2:01 PMMan, that chair is groovy. I live it.
Erin @ The Impatient Gardener
May 22, 2014 at 2:29 PMOK, that chair is amazing. Absolutely love it. I was sort of skimming the post and all of a sudden I looked at the picture and say the watermark and went, “Does that say Hearts and Sharts”? Yeah. Best blog name ever. Ever.
LeeAnn
May 22, 2014 at 5:28 PMThat chair is sweet! And MASH was a great show.
Tristie
May 22, 2014 at 6:52 PMDITTO on the M*A*S*H music and the show! Worst ever! BUT. LOVE the chair! I clicked over to her post and it was awesome, too.
Tristie from Roosevelt UT
Amanda
May 22, 2014 at 6:59 PMThis chair is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!!!! I want it!!
Cynthia LaPan
May 22, 2014 at 7:01 PMAbsolutely, 100% agree about the M*A*S*H song. I’m told that the show is good. I’ll probably never know, because the song makes me groan audibly. Whose idea WAS that?!?
Thanks for your blog. I love how your posts are short and sweet and funny. 🙂 Very inspiring. I visit all the time.
By the way, THANK YOU for the “Search” (this website) feature. Unlike Apartment Therapy and Design*Sponge, my searches here are Actually Useful!
Lindsey @ Better After
May 22, 2014 at 7:29 PMThanks so much Cynthia! Your comment totally made my night!:)
Marci
May 22, 2014 at 10:30 PMNow this is a great chair makeover. I love how she found the same chair on the Jeffersons’ set.
Dena
May 23, 2014 at 4:36 AMThank you for featuring my Jefferson chair! Your post cracked me up!
Catherine
May 23, 2014 at 6:51 AMI was looking at the before (I like to surprise myself with the afters) and was thinking, “That chair’s got good bones.” Then I scrolled down and saw the after. It was a shock to the system how amazingly awesome it turned out!
Merry
May 23, 2014 at 10:27 AMWow! That is an amazing chair transformation!
Stephbo
May 24, 2014 at 2:15 PMThe floral fabric looks almost exactly like the wallpaper in our kitchen when I was a kid in the 70’s.
Cathie
May 24, 2014 at 7:18 PMOh jeez, MASH. I can’t watch that show. Have you heard about the last episode? I have only ever heard a synopsis, and even that depresses the crap out of me.
Andi
May 28, 2014 at 9:32 PMHey, if you saw the movie on which the M*A*S*H series was based, you’d get the theme music and the lyrics. The only actor in the movie who made the TV transition was Radar (Gary Burghoff). That sucker had a cast of stars – Donald Sutherland (Hawkeye), Elliott Gould (Trapper), Robert Duvall (Frank), Sally Kellerman (Hot Lips), Rene Auberjonois (Father Mulcahy), Tom Skerrit (Duke) – and was directed by Robert Altman. The whole Suicide is Painless thing came from when the unit’s dentist was depressed because he was having performance issues with women and wanted to kill himself, so Hawkeye and Trapper threw him a huge going away banquet at which the song was sung, slipped him a fake poison as he lay in his coffin ready to go, and had one of the nurses volunteer in advance to jump in the coffin after everyone else departed to “cure” him, which she did. It’s a joke and not meant to be depressing. War is hell, y’know.