Chair makeover take II

If you'll remember, a while back I recovered the arms and seat of my glider. Well, since then we moved across the country and took very little with us. When we arrived in Maryland we proceeded to replace much of our furniture that we left behind using craigslist. This proved to be pretty rewarding (good furniture for much less then we could have purchased it for new) but stressful (trying to drive all over the place picking stuff up with a newborn and 2 kids in tow, and trying to do it as quickly as possible because we literally had no where to sit or put our clothes...) But in the end I think I'm really glad we did it. One of my favorite finds was my glider replacement. After nursing Olivia in a folding chair for a couple weeks, I found one. For $75 I got a dutailier swivel glider and ottoman. The one problem was that the previous owner had recovered it (or paid someone else to do it) and it was in light blue, which showed a lot of wear and dirt. I knew I could recover it, and it was a bargain at $75, so I got it. Here's the before:

I had already covered the ottoman when I took this picture, but you get the idea. The arms were actually useless the way they had been done, and provided no padding. Well, 8 months later I finally got around to finishing the recovering job:

I really like how it turned out - and it was actually really easy to do. I covered the ottoman right away, because that seemed the simplest. Then I fixed the arm rests, because I really wanted some padding there. About 2 months later I finally did the seat cushion, and then for some reason I waited another 4 or 5 months or so to do the seat back. But now I really love how it looks. I actually found a small kid-size chair at a yard sale for $2 that I also recovered (forgot to take a before shot...), and I did it to match the glider. So for about $100 I got a custom rocking chair with a matching kids chair. This is why I love sewing and craigslist and garage sales.