From Trash to Treasure, Lawn Chair Edition

I got these metal lawn chairs out of the trash heap at my local antique dealer place. They were, admittedly, in rough shape, but I knew I could make them cute again. I wiped off all the dirt and began painting with my favorite spray paint, Krylon Dual Paint + Primer.. This is how they turned out! Cute, huh?

Trash to Treasure: Vintage Vanity Chair

My mom picked this chair up out of her neighbor's trash pile, and saved it for me. I was so excited. It was in such good condition, with exception of the worn out fabric on the seat. I immediately unscrewed the seat and ripped off the fabric and disposed of it, hence no photo lol. I also threw away the foam, because it was really worn out too. I went to Hobby Lobby and picked out some 2" foam from the fabric department because I wanted the chair to be super comfy. I had a lot of trouble finding a nice fabric for the chair, becuase everything vintage looked too vintage and everything modern looked too modern. I tried tons of fabrics and finally settled on this pillow sham I had. It just looked perfect! I cut it to fit and stapled it to the underside, and reattached the seat with screws.

Belt Backed Chair DIY

I found this chair in my neighbor's trash (yes, I checked for bedbugs!) They were moving and didn't want to take it. I absolutely loved the arms and knew I had to save it from the trash pile. It is actually a Thomasville Chair Company chair, so it was excellently made and very sturdy.

I took off the seat and ripped off the fabric.

I had some grey primer in my basement from another project, so I gave it two coats of that.

I immediately knew it would look awesome orange, so I went to Meijer and bought some pumpkin orange spray paint, and gave it two more coats.

I had some tan wool fabric in my stash and I covered the seat, stapling it to the underside of the wood base.

It was missing the back, so I decided to use some belts instead. I went to Goodwill and purchased three for $1.50 each. I strapped them around and drilled a screw in the side so they would stay in place.

The ends of the belt were long and were dangling, so I dabbed on some Amazing Goop glue (what I had on hand), clipped some binder clips on and let it dry. I then had my hubby clip off those screw ends with a big clippy tool (do you like my technical lingo?)

(And yes, I am going to paint that ugly pink filing cabinet!)