Pull Up a SEAT

Old, upholstered wooden dining chairs can easily be found in junk stores, and are good candidates for a bit of creative reinvention. You can make a single chair a focal point in a hallway or bedroom, or group several mismatched chairs that have been given the same upholstery treatment around a dining table.

For the following project, I used a chair that looked very dated — a dark brown, shiny varnished frame with a seat covered in worn purple