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October 30, 2007

I have a swivel chair. Take me seriously.

There is something very humbling about running a business (even if it is a little one) from a folding chair.  Even if it's padded it still doesn't feel "important".

I found this terrific chair in the AS IS department at IKEA.  It was 24.00 and it swivels, goes up and down, and has wheels (they're a little sticky, but I'm okay with it for now).  A chair that says "I mean business.  Really.".

Practical?  Very.   Exciting?  Not

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It definitely needed some cutifying so I picked through my super-fun stash of fabrics (see it?) and came up with this:

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The solid pink fabric is a sheet from Rachel Ashwell's Simply Shabby Chic line at Target.  It has a nice crisp crinkle to it and goes nicely with Heather's fabulous Freshcut fabrics.

My seven year old son took one look at it and said: "It's definitely not a chair for boys.".  He's catching on.

I even made some piping and put a big bow in the back. It kept pulling forward on the seat part so I attached some twill tape underneath and tied it on real tight in the back and that did the trick quite nicely.

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What fun!!

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It's adorable, my friend!

That is fabulous!

Wow! Of course I love HB fabric and what you did here is wonderful. What a fantastic idea. It looks so beautiful and finished. Lovely work, I may have to try this myself one day.

dar. ling.

Beautiful! I'm seriously jonesing the fabric you used on the bow.

What a wonderful idea! Office chairs are so not pretty. Your chair is now wholly lovely.

Oh, you need to come to my house and dress all my boring furniture. And when you're done, I think you could give some pointers to some poor, misguided Oscar folks.

What a very very BEAUTIFUL chair cover! ~~~XXOO, Beth

I love it!

Very nice. Gives me inspiration for the boring Ikea desk chair I am currently sitting on! Black and grey does not make for a girly room!

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