{DIY} Child's Upholstered Chair

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And now that chair I mentioned...If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, then you already got a sneak peek of this chair I made for my niece, Tory, as a baby shower gift this past weekend.

You might remember I made a chair for my other niece, Lily, back in October.

Lily's was the first one I ever made from the frame up and I knew all along that the upside was that she got my first chair, and the downside was that she also got all the mistakes I made my first time.  The arms were a little wide for the scale of the chair and stuck out a bit oddly in the back.  The frame was made of pine, which was a little too soft, and needed lots of unforeseen reinforcement.

So I corrected all those mistakes this time around, changed the style a bit, and overall really love how Tory's chair came out.  I still have a few things I'll tweak for my next chair, but on the whole, I feel like I'm getting this whole thing down!

And, of course, my little model needed to test out how comfy it was before we gave it to Tory.

Click here for a tutorial on building the frame of the chair and here for the tutorial on assembly and upholstery.  Whenever I make chair version 3.0 I'll post an update on the changes I make to the frame and upholstery.

And, for those of you without motivation, time, or desire to attempt this yourself, I'd love to custom make one for you!  Check out my Etsy shop for options.  They make great baby shower and first birthday gifts :)

Linking to Tatertots and Jello, Liz Marie Blog, Miss Mustard Seed, Craftberry Bush, Savvy Southern Style, The Winthrop Chronicles, Home Stories A to Z, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia.