Afrochic home: Sacred space

So my fiance and I recently purchased a beautiful home!!! However, with very little furniture and money to spare, we're turning to my talent for all things crafting to create our sacred space. Of course I'm drawing inspiration from indigenous cultures to create an eclectic, modern, liveable space. I want to create an environment where as soon as you walk in, your filled with positive, uplifting, relaxing energy. Follow me as I document my home decoration process and some of my creations.

Image from: http://anindiansummer-design.blogspot.com/

A few months ago my BFF and I were window shopping (our favorite past-time) and stopped into one of my favorite stores: Antropolologie. Now, as a broke graduate student, I can barely afford to walk into this store. So when I do make purchases it's definitely from the sale/clearance racks. On this particular day I was perusing the furniture and home decor section and stubbed across these sick african printed chairs.

I was in love. But a glance at the price tag quickly let me know that I will not be buying those bad boys. So I decided to make my own.

I purchased this chair from Ikea for about $100.

Items I used to create the chair:
- Brought 6 yards of lovely african fabric from a local store for $15.
- A staple gun with upholstery staples
- Sewing needle and threading
- Sewing machine

With a little thought and a lot of time, I ended with this:

It's super cute and very comfy! I liked it so much, I made another.

These chairs add the perfect touch to my living room and are totally Afrochic! I'll post detailed instructions later.

OmiD