rocking chair re-do

At DI a few weeks ago, it's like a local good will megastore, I found an old rocking chair. Yes the fabric was stained, gross, ripped, and the chair itself was dirty and sticky. BUT it had potential. It works great, just needed a facelift. Plus it was only 15 bucks!

I ordered fabric and got way more than I needed. I didn't use a tutorial or anything, I pretty much made it up. Because of this...I didn't measure right and ordered double the fabric I really needed. I should have only ordered about 2 1/2 yards, but I ordered 4 yards. Oh well more fabric for another project!

First I cleaned up the chair and gave it a few coats of white lacquer spray paint. To make the cushions I used a seam ripper to undo the existing upholstery and saved each piece to make a pattern for the new fabric. I saved the foam cushioning inside to resuse as well. To do the seat it really only took be about 2 hours and about 2 hours for the back cushion. Not a bad investment if you ask me! And now it's exactly how I wanted. Totally worth it so I can rock my baby boy. Love!