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Monday, July 23, 2012

My Teacher Chair! Monday Made it #4

Here it is! Yay! I am so excited I have finally finished my teacher chair! It has been quite a project, but I am so in LOVE with the final product! (There is one more thing I want to do add a cute bow in the top corner, but I have not found the right color ribbon)


Here is what I started with:


My sister, fiancé and I then started ripping the fabric off, but we kept the fabric together:


My wonderful fiancé started to sand some parts of the chair that were rough:


Then prime it:


Then paint it the color of your choice! I was debating this for a while, but with the zebra fabric, I thought I was going to use, I thought black would look best:


This is when the project went on hold! Thank you Arizona monsoons! I love them, but they were not letting me finish this project!

Then, one day, my wonderful fiancé, he ended up helping me a TON with this, top coated the chair and while he was doing that I cute the fabric. I cut it bigger then the original because I wanted to fold the fabric under when I stapled it to the chair, hoping that fraying would be minimized!:


Then I used scotch guard to protect the cute fabric and began stapling away! Fold, staple, fold, staple...:


Then I stumbled upon the cutest trim for the chair to give it a pop! I got fabric glue and a lot of patience!:


I repeated again on all sides and TA-DA! Wonderful teacher chair completed (minus bow)!


Sorry for the mess I have been doing lots of teacher shopping! Oh and the lighter, I used this to burn the edges of the trim so that it would minimize fraying! Very important! 

Thanks for following along to this long reveal of my chair! I am so excited! There are a few imperfections, but it was the first time I ever did something like this and I didn't follow any tutorial so I am thrilled with how it turned out! Have a wonderful Monday and be sure to link up with 4th Grade Frolics and share your Monday Made it!

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25 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness! That is simply gorgeous!
    Thanks for sharing.
    Happy Teaching,
    Laura
    TIPS: Teach, Inspire, and Prepare Students

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  2. Wow! So handy, I would never be able to do anything like that!

    Amanda

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  3. First off I LOVE MONSOONS! :) Definitely miss that about living in AZ. Second, UMMMM COOLEST CHAIR EVER! Especially when you see the before and after. You did such an amazing job! I absolutely love how it turned out! Very lucky to have such a helpful fiance!

    Amanda
    Reaching for the TOP!

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  4. That is su7ch a cute chair! I need a Teacher's Chair ASAP!

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  5. Oh my gosh, your chair looks amazing!! I love it!! :)
    Lisa
    Learning Is Something to Treasure

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  6. So CUTE! That chair is fabulous.

    EmilyK

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  7. Your teacher chair looks great! I love the chevron fabric and the pop of pink in the trim!

    I have awarded you the Liebster award. Please drop by my blog to pick it up!

    Amy
    Mrs. Lattin's Kindergarten

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  8. Wow! That is beautiful!

    Stop by to enter my give away.

    :)
    Tamera
    http://myheartbelongsinfirst.blogspot.com
    Kaizactan2001@yahoo.com

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  9. Gorgeous chair! Now where can I find an old chair to pretty up....hmm going to have to corral my husband into going garage saleing with me lol!

    Jennifer @ Herding Kats In kindergarten

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  10. It's gorgeous!!
    I'm a new follower!

    ✪Crystal✪
    Strive to Sparkle

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  11. Hi! I love your blog! I'm your newest follower and I've just awarded you a blogger award! Come on over to pick it up!!! :)

    Elizabeth
    Mrs. Hodge and Her Kindergarten Kids

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  12. We love your creativity! We've given you some blog awards! Stop on my our blog to get them!

    Heather and Juli
    www.simpleinsecond.blogspot.com

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  13. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this chair, and I want it!!! I have nominated you for an award, stop by and pick it up!!
    -Abby
    Mrs. Saunders' Lovelies

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  14. Your chair is ADORABLE! Found you through the newbie blogger link up. I'm teaching 1st grade next year too! Can't wait to see what other fun ideas you have:)

    Carrie
    http://commoncoreclassroom.blogspot.com/

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