As I said before I am most excited about the new work space! Tomorrow is officially the first day that I will be able to use it because today I bought this:
It's the Desley Task Chair from Staples. It comes in gray, pink and blue. I'm on a serious gray kick lately so it was a no brainer. Oh yea...and it was on sale for $29.99! The only problem is that it's the chair that I plan to sit on while being creative. Yea...kinda boring.
So before putting it together I took a look through my fabric stash.
After I chose the fabric and took all of the parts out of the box I realized that I was out of staples for my staple gun! Here's a little Niko tidbit...when I put my mind to something I have to do it ASAP or I'll go crazy. So, instead of stopping to go to a hardware store to get staples I pulled out upholstery nails that I had from many many years ago. Definitely not as quick as the staple gun, but they get the job done!
I laid the fabric right side down and put the seat on the fabric, also right side down. I roughly cut the shape of the seat leaving enough fabric to reach the wooden area.
I put one nail in the front, pulled the fabric taut and put a nail in the back. I repeated this process for the left and the right. I then filled in the spaces in between leaving the corners for last. The corners are tough if you're a perfectionist like myself, but just know that it can be done!
After trimming the excess fabric I cut strips of felt and tacked them around the fabric edges making sure to pull in any fabric that would cause bulging or pleating around the edges. I used the strips because I didn't want to cover the holes for the seat base. I followed the directions for constructing the chair and TADA:
A brand new pretty chair for me to sit on while I make pretty things!
Now to get a proper desk, finish setting up and adding more color! I'll keep you posted!
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