ORC WEEK 5: GUEST ROOM MAKEOVER

Welcome to week 5 of the One Room Challenge Linking Party!  The ORC is created by Linda of Calling it Home where a group of 20 bloggers design a room in 6 weeks.  This year, Linda was kind enough to host an ORC Linking Party where 70 something bloggers joined in the fun (including me!)

Here are the previous weeks if you missed them.

Week one

Week two

Week three

Week four

This previous week was about another DIY - Salvaging the faux bamboo cane chair I got from my neighbor's garbage...

First, I unscrewed the the top frame from the bottom frame and got rid of the damaged caning simply by cutting...

Next, I used a 1" square dowel from home depot to make angled brackets like so...

I traced my wood from under the frame to get accurate measurements for the angles...

Cut then screw.

(I pre-drilled some holes and screwed them to the frame)...

I ended up with two angled pieces in front and one long horizontal piece for the back(since my chair is curved)...

For the seat, I used a ply board from home depot and traced to size...

Then cut with my jigsaw...

I used 3 inch foam and batting for the cushion and added hot pink piping..

then screwed the seat to the frame...

Ta-da!

One rescued chair! Yes!

I also got these frames from Michael's...

for some of my favorite photos from recent travels...

(I love how the frame is hardly noticeable).  I think I'm going to add two more and hang them around the tv.

The electrician is coming tomorrow to install the sputnik chandelier.

The duvet cover is going to be delivered today.

All I have to do is hang the tv, mirrors and art then accessorize!

Eeek!  I can't wait to show you.

Come back next week for the big reveal!