This Michael Miller fabric happened to be close at hand.
This is stage one of the upcycle. Gothic diy.
For stage two, I want to slipcover the back with a gravestone. Or a bit of fabric cleverly made to look like a gravestone, since it is quite gravestone-y shaped, don't you think?
I'm completely stalled out on what to have printed or painted upon it. Something inspired by a classic horror writer? A Mary Shelley or Bram Stoker quote? Or borrow an epitaph from a historic headstone?
What do you think?
Love this chair and your ideas! I offer the following:
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They life lived well?
Bend thy knees
And sit a spell;
Have thee a friend
Thy tale to tell?
Before they place
The coffin’s nail. -or-
Oh come and sit
And rest thy body
Before they lay you
Low and shoddy. -or-
Comfy cozy
sit Thee here,
before eternity
draws Thee near. -or-
This chair is here
for thee to pull
and rest upon
before thy cull. -or-
We welcome you
to sit a while
in all the tones
of ghoulish style
For life is swift
like birds in flight,
and soon will be (and soon you'll be
as dark as night. clean out of sight.) -or-
Sit and rest
your weary head
while we prepare
thy comfy bed.
For once you stood
most vertically,
soon you'll sleep,
dear friend, eternally.
Love it! At first I thought, dang, that's alotta words to print, but then I just bought a scarf from this company this past weekend and I can see how fantastic it would look. http://storiarts.com/?gclid=CIDa0-bdu8wCFQYNaQodyKoMng
DeleteSome of them are really nice!
DeleteMy favourite is this one:
Comfy cozy
sit Thee here,
before eternity
draws Thee near.
Definitely an historic headstone epitaph!
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