Hello and welcome to the MARCH Fab Furniture Flippin Contest. I missed out on the February contest, so I was very keen to take part this month. The theme for the March is – Mix and Match! Great briefing if you ask me.. my brain was going at a speed of light with various ideas as usual… but I did end up going with the first idea that came into my head…. I hope you love it as much as I do!

This month’s contest is hosted by Colleen from 58 Water Street and Charlotte from Ciburbanity, don’t forget to visit all the hosts and check out their fabulous creations!

This month’s competition is sponsored by Fairfield World. At Fairfield World you will find various products like batting, foam, and fillers for your upholstery needs!

My first thought for this month’s theme was to mix up different types of furniture into one great thing! I came up with an idea to use two old chairs and make them into one French inspired sofa/seat. I went on a lookout for 2 french style chairs, but surprise surprise I couldn’t find any!!! I kept praying I would find the chairs, but no such luck for weeks… As I was running out of time I decided to use two ordinary chairs and simply improvise.. as I was working away one day, I thought I should drive to the local amenity site.. don’t ask me why, I just had to… anyway after looking around I thought.. well that was waste of time as there was nothing there – and then as I was about to leave…….. I saw 2 Louis Style chairs in the BURN PILE!!!!

I kid you not…. I run to the pile and I must have had the biggest grin on my face, I wanted do a happy dance there and then – those two chairs were exactly what i was after and someone wanted to BURN them!!!!! It didn’t matter that they were scratched, damaged and missing an arm… I tried to act all cool and collected as I was carrying the chairs to the car but inside I was screaming from happiness (well if anyone can imagine how I felt at that moment – it’s you all!!!!)

I came home and immediately scrapped the old idea and started working on my new finds! perfect perfect perfect * I sang as I was doing a little dance around them*

I removed the fabric and the seats and fixed the two chairs together. I removed the old tatty fabric and the padding from the backs.

I then sanded them and painted them using chalk paint. To bring the two chairs together I decided to use an mdf board to create a backing for the whole seat. I glued the upholstery foam on the backs of the chairs and shaped them.

To create the seating area I used an mdf board which I cut out using a jigsaw and glued on some upholstery foam and batting. I then upholstered it using a plain fabric. As I was after a nice French look for this seat I used Toile de Jouy fabric in blue for the backs of the chairs. To bring the two fabrics together I decided to a beautiful blue fabric I had at home and created some double welting {full tutorial to follow} which was glued around the seat and chairs using hot glue gun (mix and match – it’s all in the theme).

I loved the frame as it was but it was missing something.. and then I remembered, my friend gave me this beautiful moulding for my birthday a few years ago but I never used it as I was waiting for the right project.. It would be perfect for this!! I painted the roses with chalk paint and shaded it using some blue paint.

To finish off the French inspired look as I was after I created a fancy bolster pillow. I have never done it but I really wanted to incorporate the fabrics I used on the sofa so decided to give it a go! And here is my take on the Mix & Match theme!!

What do you think? Oui ou Non ?

Coco approves!!

Also, several from the FFFC Team will be blogging about their own fantastic Fab Flippin Projects! Stay tuned to each of their pages and make sure you pay them a visit!

The Fab Furniture Flippin’ Contest is open only to the entrants who have signed up through the group Facebook page. If you are interested in participating in this contest going forward, please contact the lovely Evey at info@eveyscreations.com or Stacy at info@anastasiavintage.com or email the FFFC team at to find out how!

Charlotte’s Project

Colleen’s Project