New(ish) Chair-check!

So, how many of us have made this mistake- you take your husband to the fabric store to "help" pick something out, but he hates everything you pick up?  Well, I did just that and believe it or not, my Dear Husband chose the fabric for the chair all by himself...and he did a great job!  He found a wonderful grey and white houndstooth check that I loved the minute I saw it!  The fabric was a steal at $4.99 a yard (and I had a 20% off coupon too!) I originally wanted 6 yards, but all that was left was 4.25 on the bolt.  I took it all, knowing I could make it work.

The original plan was to sew a slip cover for the chair (I gave up the dream of a new chair, since most accent chairs I have seen were more than my entire re-do budget by themselves!) but I then decided that would be to froofy.  I didn't want a skirt and ties and all that mess-I wanted nice clean lines.  Well, the chair didn't have any upholstery other than the cushion.  So using part of a roll of batting I bought for my new headboard, I upholstered the arms and the back of the chair, and recovered the cushion.  I almost had enough.  The center of the bottom of the cushion is made from the fabric that I had originally recovered the cushion with when I first got the chair.

The over-sized pillow I use to cushion the back (the back cushion was MIA when the chair was purchased years ago, which is why I think I got it for just 3 bucks) will be covered in a solid yellow, and the throw pillow will be done in turquoise. 

After finishing the body of the chair I decided the bottom of the chair needed some trim (to hide my not so perfect edges, and a small amount of the batting that was showing) so I added some beautiful wide gray ribbon, which I already had on hand.
(more photos coming, I promise!)
So the total on my chair re-do is $16.97 for the fabric!   I still have $90.00 for my rug, bookshelves and artwork!