it's all about the details...

I think most of my close friends + family would agree when I say that I'm a pretty big-picture thinker in most areas of life but often surprise myself by my acute attention to detail...sometimes to a fault. In any case, I think you can gain a lot by putting your senses to work and noticing the little things in life. Given my thoughts on the matter, I guess that's why my favorite things to shop for are assesories, and my favorite home decor projects to work on are the quick and easy ones like adding fun knobs to a dresser or replacing old fabric on a chair...they take so little but add so much, in my opinion.

After a few months of sitting at my desk on a rinky-dink stool, I finally found the chair I had been loooking for...a sturdy one with a removable seat that I could cover with a fabric to match the striped desk I posted about last week ($7 at a garage sale).

The wood was a tad bit too light for my liking so my first step was to remove the seat cover and do some staining...just a shade or two darker than the original wood. 

I then took a trip to the most adorable, grass roots fabric store in the city, Peadpod Fabrics, to pick out a fabric that would match my desk. And given the whole "mixing prints" trend going around these days, I was very happy to find a floral that matched my stripes...

Next step was to cover the seat, which as you can see, had been done just a few times before...

To do this, I first removed the top layer of fabric. I could have left it on for more cushion, but you could see the pattern through my new fabric. Then I made sure to line the fabric up on the seat and used a simple staple gun around the perimeter to make sure it was on there smooooth.

I then simply screwed the seat back to the chair's frame...so easy!

Materials.

And check out some of the other fun fabrics at Peapod Fabrics...I believe they're all shipped from Japan.

YIKES STRIPES!

Sooo, about that whole "consistency" plan I mentioned a few posts back...it's been 25 days since my last post which means one thing's been consistent for sure; my ability to consistently slack on posting weekly. Oh well, it's summAtime and that's my excuse :)

I found this beat-up, royal blue piece of junk desk at my most frequently visited retailer, Urban Ore. I have to say, the mere $10 I paid for this thing would've hardly been justifiable had I not seen some potential. I was on the market for something small that I could do something unique to, this being just that something...

I contemplated going all green but thought the paneled wood gave me a great excuse to add some dimension...STRIPES!

The paint colors are a light moss green shade, not sure the name, and a purple pear looking color they call "Teddy Bear"...don't ask.

I found these baskets/drawers at Target- $6.99, or something close to that.

The hardest part about this project was taking these very pictures of the desk in my room. I had to take 'em all at an angle so as to avoid getting my perrrty face in the pictures through the mirror also...much more difficult than you'd think ;)