emptyyourpurs-e: wwyd

a few months ago i asked for your help in a design dilemma i was having via a new column entitled

"what would you do?"

read that post here.

today, i have another wwyd challenge.

i bought these chairs from a yard sale for a measly

$20 last week.

i saw potential; david saw $20 in the bin and an unfinished project sitting in the garage.

well.

not one to be labeled for figured out...

and because we need dining room chairs in a bad way,

i figured i needed to get crack a lackin' on these bad boys.

my only problem: what color to paint them?

which fabric to recover the seats in?

here's where you come in.

i have something i'm leaning towards, but i'm

curious as to your thoughts on the following:

(via simplyseleta)

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(via pinterest)

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(via desiretoinspire)

(via marthastewart)

(via peppermintbliss)

(via decor8)

(via whitehaveninteriors)

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(via ginger-ella)

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alright, let her rip.

whatcha think?

the huz is out of town on a b'ness trip for a few days...

maybe i'll do something constructive (vs destructive)

while he's gone.

i have many skills.

cooking, baking, being creative;

shopping, buying, traveling, luxuriating;

mommying, chauffering, doctoring, wifeying, marenting;

acting, learning, partying, playing, impressioning, ridiculousing...

you get the picture.

i am not, however, necessarily skilled when it comes to

interior design.

i'm working on it, but when one's budget requires extreme creativity, and a lot of d.i.y. love... i sometimes get lost.

thank god i have friends who are gifted at this!

jenny, callie, erika, bri, nicole, erica, i'm talking to you.

and YOU!

i have a few pieces of furniture (everything) that i am ready

to take into the next phase of their lives.

for some of them, that phase is a furniture farm in oklahoma, where they can run and play with other pieces of furniture...

and for others it is up to me to breathe new life into a piece.

i have ideas...but would love to hear yours.

up first is an old gal in need of a serious facelift.

thanks to a tip from the fabulous aforementioned erika,

i scored this lady for a mere $70 at a local goodwill.

seventy bucks!

thanks, erika!

i love her lines, but would really love a modern fabric to reupholster her in; we need to balance out the frou frou factor.

i've even thought about painting the legs... black? white?

hmmmmm. the possibilities.

my fabulous sisterwife, jenny, has incredible taste, and thus has inspired many of the wonderful breaths of modernity into my previously mostly french country home. i needed some oomph!

(must post on said items soon.)

i still adore things aged and authentic, but i've also loved more modern styles for a while now, and just haven't known the best ways to inject them into my decor.

hollywood regency? midcentury? swedish? antique? southern glam?

yes.

when i told her what i thought i wanted, jenny suggested the following fabric, and i just love it.