Before and After: Found Chair

When we went out to Matt's dad's a few weeks ago to pick up a few of the things we left at his house I noticed the neighbor had moved out and left some gems by the road. It's 'unofficial' freecycling. I didn't get to do as much as I would have liked with this one because it's just so cool, but I really needed a sewing chair stat.

I unscrewed the seat, ditched the plastic, and untacked the existing fabric. It was a really light weight fabric- not something you'd usually find on upholstery. Despite being left out in a drizzling rain the foam was in really good condition. I ended up using the existing fabric as a pattern for a heavyweight tweedy fabric and then went about tacking it all back together. The wicher could use a bit of patching and cleaning, but it works. Any other ideas for the chair? I was debating on painting the wicker after I patch it up and maybe finding some different fabric eventually.

Freecycle

This is newly discovered for us. If you don't know it's a collective of "neighborhoods" around the US where people post things they have and want to get rid of or things they are looking for. But everything is free. You can't charge for any of it. It's fantastic- like shopping Value Village from home... for free! Of course you have to go pick up your stuff. The funny part is that you don't even have to meet the person you're freecycling from. There's no money exchange so people just leave it on the porch for you.

Check it out...

picture frames

 a large unframed mirror

3 pillows- now I have a pillow for the pillowcase I got in India (shown)

11 green wine glasses- no more plastic ones for us!

After picking up the mirror last night I promised Matt I won't freecycle for a while- at least until it gets warm. :)