Treasure Tuesday's Fabulous Thrift Shop Find

I found these Oak armchairs with Greek Key motif at the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift shop in Los Angeles California.  This is a large and grungy thrift shop so be prepared.  It's not one of those well merchandised spotless boutiques.  But with the dust, come excellent finds at great prices.  I scored these chairs for $30 each.

Decided to reupholster the chairs in black Scalamandre ultra durable and expensive horsehair fabric that I bought from an upholsterer's "clean out the remnants" sale.  The fabric sells for about $300 per yard, I paid $5.  This fabric has been stored in a closet for about 10 years.  I knew I'd find a use for it eventually.

Found the same chair on an on-line boutique for $1,125 per chair, covered in a much less expensive fabric.

Tip:  Basic drop in seats like on these chairs aren't terribly expensive to reupholster.  You can even do it yourself.  See video.