Remember this? Well, I bought the chair.
Don't worry; I absolutely, positively, did not, under any circumstances, steal the chair from Decorno. I would never. Cross my heart and hope to die. But a few days after the listing expired without any bids (much less a buyer), I emailed the seller and asked if it was still available. He relisted it, I "bought it now," and voila!
Too busy with other projects to make the chair a priority, I lived with it as-is ... for more than a year. I liked an idea left in the comments to the original post (thanks, Patricia from PVE Design ... I still want to hire you to draw something for me!), but I wanted to tweak it a little bit to fit my space.
I entrusted the chair to Amy Cathey with Brushworks to give it its lacquered red finish (Heritage Red from Benjamin Moore). Amy ripped up the upholstery for me, to uncover this ...
Isn't that hilarious? I actually like the (presumably) original fabric (on the left); it was a synthetic (?) silk shantung, still in turquoise but much more subtle. The middle fabric, on the other hand ... hello, Golden Girls! It seems like a bad version of the popular-again banana leaf wallpaper made famous by the Beverly Hills hotel (and also used in Blanche's bedroom). It's just not my vibe ... and I don't think it suits the chair. The fabric on the right is, of course, the fabric shown in the original pictures.
After Amy gave the chair its newly fabulous finish, I went off in search of fabric. I didn't want to spend a lot ... and I needed it to be durable. The chair is by a window, and my diva dog Coco the Maltese likes to sit in the chair and sun herself. It's a rough life. I settled on natural Sunbrella - which was a little creamier than I wanted, but I definitely didn't want stark white - with black Sunbrella for the piping. A quick trip to Design Upholstery, speedy monogramming by Hometown Threads (I can't stand Wally World where it's located, but it's worth the trip to get 24-hour monogramming) and ...
What do you think??? I wish the red were photographing better; it looks a bit dull in the pictures, but it's really awesome in person. Anyhoo, I love it ... and it's gotten tons of compliments. Cross that off the list!