Chair Re-do & Easy Craft

I was so excited when I found this chair at Repeat Street (a consignment store in Ridgeland). I love the look of these chairs, but they're usually pretty pricey. I immediately pictured the way I wanted it. Here is the before...



And here is the after....









It's by no means perfect! The back & the arms were fairly easy to recover, but the seat was very tricky. I ended up just having to kind of stuff the burlap down around the arms & legs. I still love the way it looks though. I'm putting it in our room at the desk that doubles as my bedside table.

I originally saw these cork/bulletin boards in the Ballard Designs magazine. I loved them, & I knew they would be super easy to make.



I had a canvas that I painted at Easely Amused that I was about to get rid of, so I used that for the back part. I bought a large cork board from Hobby Lobby & cut it to fit the canvas. The burlap & the furniture tacks were also from Hobby Lobby. I cut the burlap large enough so it would wrap around the cork & the canvas, used a staple gun to secure the fabric on the back, & just pushed the tacks into the cork every couple inches. I gave this one to my sister in law for her birthday.



These I did for one of the shelves in my kitchen. For the bigger one I just wrapped the burlap around the remaining cork board that I bought. The smaller one is a piece of wood I had in my garage.



Obviously I am into burlap right now;).