It has been awhile since I have done a good old furniture up-cycle. And to be honest I have missed it. I have had this old rocking chair sitting in my garage since the move and even before that… just waiting for some attention… and I finally had some time to play with it! Yayy!
my rocker is looking all comfortable and inviting… just the perfect place to go and cuddle up with my pumpkin spice coffee and read a book while enjoying my wood burning stove that I am now in love with even though it is horribly not cute or fitting in with my decor…
and here is how my rocker looked prior to the attention and loving! I think I fell in love with it because of the numbers 510 on the frame… I wish you could still see that part!
my rocker is not perfect… but I love it.
All I did was sand up the chair to remove dirt, old stains and wood stain. Then I cleaned the chair down and applied about 3 coats of stain and poly (I used an all in one). Kylie my pup helped by having me throw the ball for her about a million times in between each step!
For the cushion portion of the chair I had my husband help me cut down boards to fit the back and seat and then wrapped fabric around the padding I purchased and then stapled the fabric into place.
and now I love it.
What do you think?
I am linking up to a few of my favorite link parties this week—be sure to check them out for some wonderful inspirations!
Beautiful job! Love the wood color and the fabric.
CUTE of course. The chair and your sweetie pup
love it and to make it work for 2012 even better …rock on
Beautiful! I love the fabric that you chose and I’m pretty sure you’ll be rocking in that chair and looking out at the water which makes me really jealous!
Sa-weet! The fabric is so YOU… know you will thoroughly enjoy this spot to curl up in.
xo Heidi
LOVE it! love the fabric with the wood tones!
Beautiful! I love it! And i’m with you on wishing the numbers were visible. There has to be a way to detail stuff with that showing huh?!!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!!!
You are awesome! Love that fabric, the chair is gorgeous!!
LOVE IT!
Beautiful! I’m thinking this will motivate me to recover a thrifted rocking chair in our bedroom…we’ve put a sheet over it so we can use it for now, but it’s in much need of a face lift
) Love that fabric too by the way.
I love that & what great fabric you chose too.
Oh my gosh! I totally just made some curtains and also recovered two old dining room chairs with this same fabric! It looks great, good job! Stopping over from Happy Hour.
This is lovely! I recently bought a very similar fabric for re-upholstering an armchair that I have. I can’t wait to start now! Thanks for sharing!
It looks fabulous Jaime! I adore that fabric…it’s perfect! Thank you so much for visiting me and all your sweet comments! Happy Fall! Angie xo
This is beautiful Jaime!! I love the fabric – it coordinates amazingly well with your blog design! I’m sure it is the perfect touch to your space. Thanks so much for dropping in on my link party – it means a lot to have you there! I’ll be featuring this tomorrow. Enjoy your Sunday!
Jenn xo
Hi, your rocking chair is so nice! I have a question: how do you attach the back and seat to the chair?
Thank you!