Painted Upholstery Pink Chair

I know that I have been MIA all week, but I have been working hard every night on this chair. I used Kristy's tutorial here on this 25 year old green chair that I had in my craft room hidden under a black slipcover.

Look how gross it is. Dirty arms, dirty head space, dirty, dirty, dirty. Here are some more before shots.

Now, according to the tutorial, your upholstery always looks worse(if that is possible) before it looks fabulous. Here are some in-process shots.

I was a little worried, but I had faith and kept going. I believe these were after 2 coats with the latex paint and fabric medium and lots of sprayed water.

Isn't she gorgeous!!!!!
Now if you don't remember the before,

here it is with the after. I also spray painted the legs black to keep with my pink and black theme. I did 2 coats of latex and fabric medium and then 2 coats of acrylic and fabric medium, just like Kristy did on her first chair (see tutorial above). It is a little stiffer than the original fabric, but I steamed it with an iron and also used some sand paper and blow drier and I think it feels fine. The arms are a little shinier than the rest of the fabric, but I think that is because they had more wear to begin with. I would definitely recommend trying this on one of your own ugly chairs or buy one on craigslist and give it a try. I have wanted a pink chair in my room forever, but you can't find pink slipcovers anywhere. I love the way it turned out. The little foot stool was made from a 19.99 target table with foam and fabric to cover the top and then 4  $2.97 legs from Home Depot painted black. I did add a piece of MDF to the bottom because the pre-drilled holes were a little stripped from the original legs it had on it.
Well, tell me what you think.

Here is Kristy's Chair