Alyssa Zukas » Del Amo http://www.alyssazukas.com Alyssa Zukas: artist, designer, and creative individual Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:30:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Stinky 70s Mushroom Stool on Apartment Therapy! http://www.alyssazukas.com/sightings/stinky-70s-mushroom-stool-on-apartment-therapy/ http://www.alyssazukas.com/sightings/stinky-70s-mushroom-stool-on-apartment-therapy/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:45:34 +0000 Alyssa Zukas http://www.alyssazukas.com/?p=633 Apartment Therapy Post!

Apartment Therapy Post!

YAY! Thanks again to Apartment Therapy for all the love on my DIY Before and After Projects! Check out the post here…

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Thanks for the love Apartment Therapy!

Apartment Therapy Post

Apartment Therapy Post

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Before
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Detail

Can you believe this crazy silver chair was destined for the dust-bin?

THE BACKSTORY: One day, while working the morning shift at Urban Outfitters, I saw my co-workers dragging this out into the back to the trash. This chair was part of a “found furniture” shipment that came all the way from Urban’s Philly Headquarters for the opening of the Del Amo store and had been sitting in the back for years. Thankfully they let me save it and I schlepped it home.

THE PROCESS: It didn’t have anything structurally wrong with it but the upholstery was full of holes and there were multiple coats of paint on the frame, including gold underneath the silver! To spruce it up we used heavy duty enamel paint from Sherwin-Williams in a deep chocolate brown and found this awesome fabric at ReproDepot. The upholsterer replaced the grass stuffing in the back and finished off the edges with a lime green gimp braid.

After working at Urban for two years I’ve managed to save this chair, a Victorian style sofa used as the shoe couch (complete with used gum stuck to the bottom), a 5×6 foot gold frame that used to have a full size mirror, and 2 marble tabletops… all of which I have yet to do anything with so stay tuned!

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