Two Choices for Desk Chair Fabric (One Leads to Another Change)

So after that quick elimination round, I was left with these five fabrics…

As you can see, I’m really into green, so most of them are green. The ones I eliminated were also raw. But there was one oddball among the greens – a wonderful velvet striped fabric that I had to see in person.

Well, it was as wonderful in person as I expected. But that makes my decision even tougher. I was almost certain the chair would be green, but now there’s this new possibility that takes it in a completely different direction.

Here’s a really close up view of the fabric. I mean, doesn’t it feel customary to go with my cabinets?! I’ve chosen a kind of whimsical pink for my cabinets, so this fabric looks great with a slightly “off” pink cabinet color and seems to be the pick for me.

But if I choose that, my color scheme for my pendant light will have to change. The bottom row in this photo has no way of sitting under a gradient rainbow pendant light made from 1200 spoons painted in this color gradient.

So if I go with that fabric, I’ll change my plan for light and use one color in an ombre style, starting with a dark teal at the top and gradually getting lighter in color toward the lower rings. I would probably choose a color like Thai Teal, which is one of the paint color swatches in my paint swatch cabinet.

The idea of ​​making a teal ombre pendant light out of tiny tasting spoon bowls makes me smile because the rainbow gradient pendant light is going to be inspired by my favorite piece of art I’ve ever made…

…the teal ombre pendant light harkens back to one of my oldest and most popular DIY projects. I mean, it goes back to our condo days and it was the viral project that put my blog on the internet map. This is my original chrysanthemum mirror made from plastic spoons.

Ok, moving on. If I go with green, unfortunately, I don’t think my favorite green fabric would work. It’s a very thin fabric, and it’s not velvet, and I don’t think it would hold up against my cat Felicity. So, unfortunately, I have to rule it out.

I also exclude this green and white stripe. I love stripes, but this particular one just doesn’t do anything for me. I love it over very large pieces of furniture like a large upholstered ottoman or sofa. But it feels wrong for a desk chair.

So it comes down to two green velvets. Do you remember that green velvet that was $159 a yard, and I couldn’t figure out why it was so expensive? Well, now I know. Here it is. I don’t know if you can see how expensive this velvet is, but I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s a lot of thought and expensive, it feels like you can use it to dry off after a shower. 😀 But no. That would be a very expensive towel.

And then here’s the more reasonably priced Apple Green Velvet I think is my favorite.

So let me show you a close up view of the difference between these two velvets. Here’s the apple green velvet, which is pretty close to what I’m used to, but it’s a little thinner than I was hoping for.

But it’s still very good velvet at $25.99 a yard.

Now look at this plush velvet. You can see how expensive this fabric is…

And take a look at this sign. It’s like a carpet! 😀 Never seen velvet like this in my life! It’s polyester, which is my second favorite velvet, second only to silk. (I Nope Like cotton velvet.) I mean, I can’t stop touching this stuff. Now I totally understand why $159 a yard.