I’ve had a little sewing chair for about a year, which I bought in a lovely thrift shop in Royersford, PA, run by Open Door Ministry. It was in decent shape, although its vinyl upholstery was a little stale, but the best part was: it was only $5!
Today I took it apart, stripped off the [...]
I just finished this chair for a client. The fabric was once a chenille stripe (see below) which had become dirty very quickly. Now it’s in a canvas, with the stripes woven into the material.
Here was the chair before the reupholstery:
But even with the dirt on the fabric, the foam was in decent condition. Below, [...]
A client commissioned me to reupholster and refinish the legs on this ottoman and chair set. I only sanded and repainted the legs, now knowing that the qualities of wood underneath the “stain” or paint from the manufacturer may be extremely difficult to restain (see here for the lesson I learned on that subject).
Here are [...]
Now I think I know why I have the Johnny Cash song “I Got Stripes” running through my head.
This was the chair before it’s recovery:
It was originally made a few years after I was born, so it had been wearing that blue velvet since the mid 80s. I thought that the style of the front [...]
You guys might remember a project I had going here, when they were just stripped and sanded. Now they’ve been stained, varnished, and reupholstered!
The fabric is a cream colored micro-suede or crushed velvet. This was my first project with such a fabric and it was quite perplexing, since it didn’t act like other material in [...]