Fiesta Chairs!

finally! after 7 weeks of waiting for this fabric to arrive, i can show off my red bar stools.

it all started at a garage sale right across the street...i got these babies as a set for $20.


as if they couldn't be more of a blank canvas, the wood was even raw, so there wasn't even a need for sanding! when i took off the cushions to spray paint them....black originally....i saw this on the bottom of each cushion:


MADE IN MEXICO! SI! how do i NOT paint them red??? so i returned my black, and got a few cans of banner red spray paint.




what was fun about them, was that the knots and grains came through some of the red, and ended up making a pretty fun effect. other than that, i decided that these festive red stools needed a bright, mexican tile print. i immediately thought of the bright, fun plate that i got in mexico


so i started sketching, and came up with a tile and put it in a simple repeat, just like tiles




after that long wait, she came in the mail all ready for the patiently waiting stools:




now it's time to rip off the old fabric, cut out the new, and staple away




the hardest part by far, was this tricky corner where the cushion meets the back of the stool


and here they are!