Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?

Not me!  My friend snagged these chairs for me last summer while doing a local mission project.  They were headed to the dump and she thought, "Trish, can do something with them."  Although I tend to steer away from mid-century style, I thought they were pretty cool and that they would look great in our playroom.  They are low to the ground which is perfect for kiddos and 5'-2" mommas.  Like most of my projects, they sat around for a while until I decided what I wanted to do with them.  I hate rushing into a project only to be dissatisfied with the end results due to poor planning or rash decision making.  Last year, The Nester blogged about a fur ottoman and I filed it in my noggin (I would have "pinned it" but I hadn't sold my soul to that craze yet).  These chairs seemed like a perfect opportunity to remove said inspiration from my imaginary file cabinet so I began...

It was October and Hancock's had their fur on sale for 50% off.  Since that stuff costs $20/yd and I knew I'd need around 2 to 3 yards I figured this would be the time to grab it.  I went to the store that was most convenient to me and found the color fur I liked best; described as "the big bad wolf" by the lady at the cutting table.  Unfortunately they only had 1 yard left.  I bought what they had and started recovering the bottoms that afternoon (legs had been spray painted a few days before).  Big mistake.  After several trips to other Hancocks, I came up empty handed on the matching fur and here I was with my chairs 1/2 finished.  Doh!

I waited a few weeks to see if they would get another shipment and when I went back they told me, "Oh that fur was for Halloween we don't keep it in stock.  We'll probably have something different next year.  If you have your receipt, we can use the number to locate some."  Riiiight.  I never keep those things.  Discouraged, I went home and tried to think of another idea (1/2 fur, 1/2 something else??) and started moving things around in my junk craft room.  To my delight, I found a receipt under a pile of randomness!  Not just any receipt but a receipt that had the words "faux fur" written on it!  Seeing as this isn't something I buy on a regular basis I knew it was my ticket to finishing my chairs.  I took the receipt to Hancocks and a kind man tracked down the last bit of fur in Memphis.  Yeehaw.

After all this fur tracking, I dropped one of the chairs, breaking its back leg but Papa Clarence came to the rescue and helped me fix it with his super-clamps and wood glue. 

Now they are done and I love them and I need to vacuum my craft room.  Hope you enjoy!