Look! Vintage Modern Chair Project

Paper patchwork. We blogged Design Sponge's beautiful drawer liner project awhile back. Now check out another creative use of new and vintage patterned paper by Petunia for her daughter, Fiona.

Petunia purchased the chair at a garage sale for cheap. She explains:

Some vintage and some new papers, scissors, glue, a little aging and voila, a whole new chair!

It's a beautiful mix of vintage and modern, but we have to admit we really like the BEFORE chair as well.

Photos: Petunia

(Re-edited from a post originally published 08.15.07)

Comments (7)

I have chairs almost identical to the before, but they are looking pretty beat up these days. I have a stash of great Japanese paper I couldn't resist buying and had no use for--now I have a plan! Thanks!

posted by cmcinnyc on August 15th 2007 at 7:44am
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thank you for featuring fiona's little chair! it was fun to make it.

posted by veronica on August 16th 2007 at 9:15am
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Love this!

posted by tgray99 on August 18th 2007 at 6:10pm
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what sort of glue is recommended for this type of project?

posted by Amphetamine on August 20th 2007 at 12:12pm
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But the original was so generic. Huge improvement. I'd also like to know the glue and process.

posted by greer on August 20th 2007 at 12:59pm
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I also would like to know what glue was used as well as what it was coated with (or if it was coated at all). Please share! :)

posted by eirracoes on May 19th 2008 at 6:58pm
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So Beautiful!!! I love the after chair