The Ultimate Roadside Rescue Ugly Chair

A few weeks ago, I spied this ugly chair in the borrow pit close to my house.  I thought "that chair could be cool, but someone probably will be back for it when they realize it fell out of their car"

Then a couple days later my husband said "hey did you see that chair on the side of the road?"
Me "Yes, I did"
Husband "Why didn't you get it?"

That was enough for me!  I picked it up later that day. 

Needless to say, this chair was ugly.  It was rusted, the wood was horrible.  The bolts were a painted yucky mess.  It was bad!

But that didn't deter me at all!  I was excited to see if I could make something cute from this chair.  It was a fun challenge.  So after taking the chair apart, I sent the metal frame off for powder coating.  I was warned that the metal was in such bad shape that it just might disintegrate when they burned off all the "stuff"

I didn't care.  If the chair didn't survive, oh well...right?  It would be sad, but, it was free!  Its all about taking a chance and not looking back!

I couldn't believe how good the frame looked when I got it back from powder coating!

It was like a new chair already!

Next, I found some cute +Michael Miller Fabrics at +Hobby Lobby that I thought would work perfectly.  I was wanting a large, bold, fun print.  I still wasn't sure what the chair would be used for (either a desk chair for my oldest, or for a punch of color on my front porch, I still don't know!)

In order to bolt the wood pieces to the chair after upholstering them, my husband added t-nuts to the wood before I did the upholstery.

*you can see a bolt missing...my husband stripped it...oops*

I am SOOOO in love with the way this chair turned out!  It is to die for, and it is actually comfortable!  Win-Win

Hey!  If you love this chair, do you mind using this picture to pin to your favorite board?  I would be forever grateful!