Ikea Antilop Excessive Chair Makeover (Easy Hack!)

Hello buddies, it’s Courtney right here right now! My husband and I just lately bought the Ikea Antilop excessive chair for our child. It was very reasonably priced (solely $19.99) and widespread amongst our dad or mum buddies. We received impressed to perform a little makeover to provide it the next finish look!

Right here is the way it appeared earlier than. Not unhealthy, simply quite simple!

Ikea Antilop Excessive Chair Makeover (Easy Hack!)

Right here is all the pieces we received for the excessive chair makeover:

• These wooden leg wraps within the bamboo coloration (I like this coloration however in hindsight I’ll have favored the walnut choice even higher in our house!). These are reduce completely to dimension to suit the Ikea Antilop excessive chair legs.
• This wooden footrest within the bamboo coloration. The most important draw back we had heard about this excessive chair is that it doesn’t have a footrest, however this one simply attaches and is adjustable as child grows!
• This assist cushion
• This wipeable vegan leather-based cushion cowl (we received the sage coloration which isn’t bought anymore however there are a number of cute colours/patterns right here…I like that cute watercolor fruit one!)
• This silicone placemat within the coconut cream coloration (many coloration choices) that matches completely throughout the tray

Now, let or not it’s identified that I comply with in my mother’s footsteps of not being a lot of a DIY’er. 🙂 However I believed absolutely this might be a straightforward DIY I couldn’t probably battle with…the wooden leg wraps are principally simply stickers you connect to the legs! What may go improper? 😀

Properly…at some point throughout my son’s nap I believed I may rapidly get this challenge finished. In my pleasure, I discovered that wrapping an extended cylindrical form with extremely sticky paper may certainly go improper if finished too rapidly, ha!

My first leg’s sticker began to stay on the leg in *methods it shouldn’t* however as soon as it began sticking, there was no turning again. I used to be both going to get it extremely crumpled up and wreck it, or I used to be going to want to cease, reduce a part of it off, begin sticking it once more and hope I may salvage it to look midway respectable. By some means I managed to try this and now I don’t even discover the issues (I simply don’t look too shut and put that leg within the again, ha!). After that little mishap I discovered my method, each leg received simpler, and my final one was PERFECT! Ha!

Anyway, I promise that is a straightforward DIY. Simply watch the instruction video it comes with, take your time and all will probably be nicely.

The footrest is a superb addition. It retains infants in an optimum place for consuming (somewhat than daggling toes!) and it helps preserve them centered on their meal and glad of their chair.

The cushion helps to supply assist for child’s again and hips and retains them in a protected feeding place. It additionally helps them sit additional ahead so much less meals results in their laps! It’s tremendous straightforward to wipe down clear.

I’m more than happy with how this makeover turned out! The top consequence jogs my memory of this widespread dearer excessive chair. The unique Ikea model actually wasn’t unhealthy to start with, however I like that now it’s really a cute piece of furnishings that matches in so properly with our different decor. I’m glad we did it!

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