This is the 10th chair for my Chair-a’s Tour and it’s Taylor’s Debut album. This album was released in 2006, and I still remember driving my kids to school and hearing her music on the radio, particularly the “Tim McGraw” song. We loved her music from the start!

So, when I went to design this chair based on her first album, I had to comb back through my memories of who she was at the beginning. Her music was country, so I knew I needed a wooden frame chair.

When I found this chair at a local antique shop, I knew I had to have it. It was small and had a sweet, youthful design.

I particularly love the backside design.

So I stripped off all the fabric and decided to sand down the frame so that it had a rustic country look which reminded me of her early music.

I selected a paisley fabric in light denim for the top of the chair. Then, I found a butterfly stencil. This album cover had ombre butterflies on it, so I felt it was fitting to do the same. I placed that stenciled fabric on the backside of the chair.

Then, I covered the front with the plain denim fabric, but embellished the trim with a bright floral, which to me, represented her youth.

I selected a Mongolian fur for the seat in a natural color. If you remember, her hair was long and curly back then. So this seat fabric seemed fitting.

I love the poofy look of this chair together with the rustic frame was ideal to represent her first chair.

When we photographed it back in April, I just couldn’t help but smile. It looks like her Debut to me.

I’m glad I added the unexpected floral trim on top to give it a bit of fun color. But still honored the denim country look.

 

The butterflies were also a fun nod to her album cover from that time. I am anxiously awaiting her release of Taylor’s Version of this album.

If you are interested in making your own Debut inspired chair, head over to this page, scroll down to Debut, and get my free download.

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You can also listen to all my favorite Taylor Swift songs from the albums I’ve covered so far right here.

To see my video of how I created this chair, click here to watch my latest YouTube episode.

Here’s the chairs all together. Aren’t they amazing? I’ll be adding a TTPD chair in September, so stay tuned for that last surprise.

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